Donald Trump signed the Memorandum of Understanding with Iran on Wednesday during a gala dinner held at the Palace of Versailles, France, putting his signature on a document that the White House presented as a diplomatic milestone after months of armed conflict between the two nations.
The leader personally confirmed the signing with a brief statement: “It’s signed, yes. We signed it in Versailles. I just signed it”, as reported by NBC News. The White House immediately announced it via its social media channels.
The event took place during a dinner organized by French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife Brigitte Macron, as part of the G7 summit held in France from June 15 to 17.
The conflict this memorandum seeks to resolve began on February 28, 2026, with Operation Epic Fury, a coordinated air offensive by the U.S. and Israel against Iranian nuclear and military facilities in Natanz, Isfahan, and Fordow.
Iran responded with missiles and drones against Israel and U.S. bases in the region, until on June 8, it declared the cessation of its military operations. Qatar and Pakistan acted as mediators in the negotiations.
The document signed in Versailles is, as described by Vice President JD Vance, "just a page and a half" and deliberately vague in its technical commitments. In it, Iran "reiterates that it will never produce nuclear weapons," the same wording used in the 2015 nuclear agreement promoted by the Obama administration, but without specifying verification mechanisms.
A Trump administration official acknowledged to CNN that "what matters more than the document itself are the understandings we have between us," admitting that the actual commitments—including the destruction of enriched material under the supervision of the International Atomic Energy Agency—were conveyed through confidential channels and are not included in the public text.
The agreement also includes a reconstruction fund of 300 billion dollars financed by regional powers, the lifting of oil sanctions, and the unfreezing of Iranian assets conditioned on progress in negotiations, as well as the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz.
Despite the triumphant announcement, the agreement raises doubts within Trump's own circle. CIA Director John Ratcliffe, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth have expressed concerns about whether Iran will uphold its nuclear commitments.
U.S. intelligence detected that Iranian officials were discussing the agreement inconsistently with what they communicated to the mediators.
Israel, which was involved at the beginning of the conflict, requested to see the text of the agreement and was declined by the Trump administration, indicating a rift between allies.
In the Senate, Republican leader John Thune said he hoped to "get more information, more details," while Democrat Chuck Schumer demanded "full transparency" and asked, "What have we really gained from Trump's war?"
A formal ceremonial signing was scheduled for Friday, June 19, at the Bürgenstock complex in Switzerland, with the presence of Vance, at which time the full text of the memorandum would be released and a 60-day window for technical negotiations between delegations from both countries would open.
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