US, Iran deal takes ‘immediate effect’ after both sides sign, official says

The tentative memorandum of understanding (MOU) between the U.S. and Iran went into “immediate effect” after President Trump and Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian signed it on Wednesday, according to Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif.

Sharif, who served as the top mediator between both countries, said signing the 14-point MOU demonstrated “the commitment of both sides to a diplomatic resolution of the conflict.”

The MOU “shall enter into force with immediate effect and as a first step, Islamic Republic of Iran will instantly reopen the Strait of Hormuz and the United States of America will immediately lift the naval blockade,” the prime minister wrote on the social platform X.

The deal also gives both parties 60 days to negotiate the outcome of Iran’s nuclear program. The MOU states that the U.S. and Iran will “resolve the disposition of stockpiled,........

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