WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump has claimed that the United States has “ended the war” with Iran, saying Tehran had agreed never to possess a nuclear weapon and that a deal to formalise the arrangement could be signed in Europe within days.
Speaking at a tele-rally supporting Georgia Lieutenant Governor Burt Jones, who is running for governor, Trump said: “I don’t know if you heard, but we ended the war with Iran today.”
“They have agreed never to have a nuclear weapon, something that we insisted on; that was the whole purpose. That was 95 percent of it.”
🇺🇸🇮🇷⚡️ — President Trump on Iran:
We ended the war with Iran today, and they have agreed never to have a nuclear weapon, something that we insisted on. That was the whole purpose. That was 95% of it, and they’ve done it in the most powerful way you can do it. pic.twitter.com/5adsFp9Nvg
— Commentary Donald J. Trump Truth Social Posts On X (@TrumpTruthOnX) June 12, 2026
Earlier on Thursday, Trump announced what he described as a “great settlement” to end the war with Iran, saying the agreement was close to completion and would ensure that Iran never possesses a nuclear weapon.
Trump — who is hosting a cage fight at the White House on Sunday to mark his 80th birthday — said Vice President JD Vance would represent the United States at a potential signing ceremony.
The announcement came hours after Trump threatened fresh military strikes against Iran before later cancelling them. He provided few details about the terms of the proposed agreement.
Great settlement
Earlier on Thursday, US President Donald Trump announced what he described as a “great settlement” to end the war with Iran, saying a deal could be signed in Europe within days.
Trump said the agreement was close to completion and would ensure that Iran never possesses a nuclear weapon.
“Most importantly, we have a deal that Iran will never have a nuclear weapon.” – President Donald J. Trump 🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/lFLJC2lblf
— The White House (@WhiteHouse) June 11, 2026
Trump — who is hosting a cage fight Sunday at the White House on his 80th birthday — said Vice President JD Vance would represent the United States.
The US leader’s claim came just hours after he promised fresh strikes against Iran, before calling them off. Trump revealed few concrete details about what each side had agreed to.
“We just made a great settlement of the war with Iran,” Trump told reporters in the Oval Office.
The two sides would, “subject to finalization of documents, which should get done over the next few days, probably have a signing, maybe in Europe. It’s a great thing.”
According to AFP, Trump said he believed Iranian Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei had personally approved the deal, adding that Iran had agreed because they had “taken a pounding.”
Iran would agree to never have or purchase a nuclear weapon under the deal, Trump said.
Trump added that the Strait of Hormuz — a crucial waterway for the flow of oil which Iran claims to have shuttered — would also open once the deal was signed.
“It’s a very strong memorandum of understanding, that is a little conceptual,” he added.
Iran and the United States have spent several weeks discussing a memorandum, with reports that it would halt the war for 60 to 90 days while more detailed talks take place on Tehran’s nuclear program.
Trump however said that “I don’t want to say a deadline, because if I say a deadline, you’ll say, ‘Oh, he didn’t meet the deadline.’”
The United States and Israel launched the war on Iran on February 28. A fragile ceasefire was agreed in April but both sides have traded fire in recent days.
Happy
According to BBC, Trump said: “We have a deal that Iran will never have a nuclear weapon, which was the whole purpose of what we had to go through to get this. So, it’s a very big thing.”
He said there would “probably be a signing, maybe in Europe” once the documents are finalised, adding that the process should be completed “pretty quickly”.
The documents are in “pretty final shape, so we’ll see”, Trump said.
The US president also said the Strait of Hormuz would reopen “as soon as we have it signed”.
Trump said he had spoken with regional leaders, including Gulf allies and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, adding that “the whole Middle East is very happy”.
The Israeli prime minister’s office confirmed that the conversation had taken place and said Israel “is not a party to the memorandum of understanding”.
In a statement, Netanyahu’s office said the Israeli leader expressed appreciation for Trump’s commitment to pursuing a final agreement that includes “the removal of enriched material, the dismantling of enrichment infrastructure, limits on missile production, and the cessation of Iran’s support for its terrorist proxies in the region”.
Meanwhile, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Baghaei said most of the memorandum’s text had already been “finalised”, but accused the United States of making “excessive demands” and introducing “new requests”. He also reiterated that Iran would not “depart from its red lines”.
“The whole Middle East is happy, and long beyond the Middle East,” said Trump, whose war has caused global oil prices to spike, with inflation hitting a three-year high in the United States.
An increasingly frustrated Trump has for weeks veered between proclaiming a deal and threatening Iran, accusing Tehran as recently as Wednesday of “playing us for suckers.”
On Thursday morning, Trump vowed “very hard” strikes on Iran that evening and promised to take the country’s key oil infrastructure in what would have been a major escalation.
“At some point in the not too distant future, we will be taking Kharg Island, and other oil infrastructure points, and assume total control of their Oil and Gas Markets, much like we have with Venezuela,” he said on social media.
Kharg Island is at the heart of Iran’s oil export industry, a lynchpin of the country’s battered economy. It sits off Iran’s Gulf coast, hundreds of kilometers northwest of the narrow, strategic Strait of Hormuz.
But a few hours later he backtracked, saying in another social media post that “final points have been… approved by all parties involved.”
“Based on the fact that discussions with the Islamic Republic of Iran have been brought to the highest level of Iranian leadership and approved, I have… cancelled the scheduled strikes and bombings against Iran this evening,” Trump said.
Less than two hours after saying he had cancelled the strikes, Trump then announced the deal.
No final decision on the deal
But Iran on Friday said it had not reached a final decision on a deal with Washington and would not compromise on its “red lines” during the negotiations.
“So far, Iran has not reached a final conclusion on the agreement,” foreign ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baqaei said.
He said reports about the timing and location of a possible signing remained speculative, stressing that no agreement had been finalised.
Baghaei added that much of the negotiating text had already been completed, but accused the United States of repeatedly shifting its position throughout the talks.
The Tasnim news agency noted that Trump had announced a deal was imminent 38 times in the previous two months.
“Until Iran announces the matter of a potential understanding, any news from Trump on this subject should be regarded the same as his previous messaging,” it warned.
