Summary
- Trump Talks Endgame In Iran: Says ‘we’ll have a signing very soon.’
- TACO SEASONING: Trump tells NY Post that Iran deal “pretty much all wrapped up,” but FARS news agency says no deal has been approved.
- TACO: Trump Cancels Strikes After All Day Bluster About ‘Bigger’ Strikes on Iran Tonight (shocking TACO!)
- Iran Parliament Speaker Ghalibaf says “Wrong strategies and impulsive decisions will reset the entire board for the worse, explode energy infrastructure and markets & create an endless quagmire that you will be stuck in for years.”
- Trump follows with mention of “bigger, more powerful” bombing of Iran tonight. He pledged “they’re finished”.
- Trump announces intent to hit the Iranians “VERY HARD TONIGHT” (surely there will be no TACO?)
Trump Says Deal Imminent
President Donald Trump announced Thursday evening that he had cancelled scheduled U.S. strikes and bombings against Iran, citing rapid progress on a U.S.-Iran memorandum of understanding (MOU) aimed at extending a fragile ceasefire and launching formal negotiations on Tehran’s nuclear program. In a Truth Social post and a phone interview with the New York Post, Trump said the agreement was “pretty much all wrapped up,” with documents at a “fairly final stage.” He added that he had spoken with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and claimed the deal had received approval at the highest levels in Iran and from multiple regional players, including Saudi Arabia, the UAE, and others. The U.S. naval blockade of Iranian ports will remain in place until the deal is signed, with time and location of the signing to be announced shortly.