President Donald Trump, in closing remarks at the G7 summit in France on Wednesday, threatened to restart the war if Iran fails to comply with the terms laid out in the 14-point Memorandum of Understanding.
The framework secures a 60-day cease-fire to allow time for further negotiations to take place, but if Iran doesn’t fulfill its side of the commitments within that timeframe, the U.S. will “go back to bombing,” Trump warned.
“I don't want to do that, because [the deal] is so good, but we might have to, because we're never going to let them have a nuclear weapon,” he said.
“We have an understanding of certain things without writing it, and if they don't honor that, we'll probably go back to bombing them until they honor it,” he added.
Championing the “historic agreement,” Trump said Tehran has so far been acting “very appropriately” and praised the “good negotiators” who led the Iranian delegation.
Iran’s top negotiator Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf is expected to attend the signing of the deal in Switzerland on Friday, alongside U.S. Vice President J.D. Vance.
Trump said he would “maybe” stay in Europe to attend, but did not fully commit to a plan.
The agreement also outlines commitments aimed to ensure the full, toll-free reopening of the Strait of Hormuz—a condition Trump’s fellow G7 leaders have celebrated and vowed to support.
The President claimed that “maritime traffic through the Strait of Hormuz has already increased very substantially, and a normal flow of energy will resume in the coming days.”
Iran has used the narrow waterway as a geopolitical bargaining chip since the start of the Iran war, effectively closing it down and upending the global energy supply.
The agreement also asserts that Iran can never develop or procure a nuclear weapon—a promise the regime has notably made in the past.
Per the text, Washington and Tehran will address Iran’s existing stockpile of en
