US President Donald Trump said on Saturday that a deal with Iran is set to be signed on Sunday and that the Strait of Hormuz will immediately open following the signing, according to a Truth Social post.
"The Deal is scheduled to get signed tomorrow, and immediately after it is signed, the Hormuz Strait is OPEN TO ALL," wrote Trump.
Trump emphasized that the deal was significantly different than that of the Obama administration, which he described as "an easy, beautiful, smooth road to a Nuclear Weapon, which Iran would have had six years ago, and would have used long before now."
"My Agreement with Iran is the exact opposite, A WALL TO NO NUCLEAR WEAPON!" said Trump. "In fact, they no longer want a Nuclear Weapon, nor will they have one, either through purchase, development, or any other form of procurement."
He added that "no money will exchange hands," attempting to further differentiate the deal from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), with Trump accusing then-president Barack Obama of paying "Hundreds of Billions of Dollars" to Iran, "including 1.7 Billion Dollars in green, cold cash."
"At the appropriate time, when all is calm, we will go in and get the Nuclear Dust, buried deep under the powerful sunken granite mountains, thanks to our beautiful B-2 Bombers and their brilliant pilots, and downblend and destroy it, whether in Iran, or the United States," Trump added.
"We look forward to working with Iran, and the entire Middle East, long into the future," continued Trump. "Hopefully, this process will all work out quickly, easily, and smoothly. If it doesn’t, we have the ultimate alternative, hopefully never to be used again!"
Opposition leader Yair Lapid condemned the potential deal, calling it a complete failure from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
"He is turning us into a client state that takes orders about its national security," he criticized. "No press conference, no media spin, no AI video will hide the failure. The next government will have a historic role: to repair the damage caused by Netanyahu’s inability to turn military achievements into strategic successes."
Pakistan PM: US-Iran deal signing expected within 24 hours
Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said earlier on Saturday that the US and Iran have agreed to a framework for a peace deal to end the months-long conflict in the Middle East, with the final text of the deal reached.
Pakistan is now preparing for an electronic signing expected within the next 24 hours, followed by technical-level talks next week, Sharif added.
Also on Saturday, Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei denied that the Islamabad memorandum would take place on Sunday, according to state media.
Baghaei said the possibility of signing the Islamabad memorandum in the coming days could not be ruled out, but cautioned against commenting on the signing date, given the other side's hesitation.
He later added that the regime will charge for services provided in the Strait of Hormuz, according to Iran's Fars News Agency, saying that the steps taken by the Islamic Republic to manage safe traffic in the strait align with the protection of national security and the common good of the world community.
Iran: Release of frozen funding part of deal
According to Fars, Baghaei further stated that the release of Iran's frozen funds is an integral part of the pending agreement.
Baghaei added that the presence of foreign militaries and their bases in the region must end.