Trump has announced the deal on Truth Social, saying it has been reached and congratulating all involved. He is making good on those promises that, once that memorandum of understanding was signed, he would end the blockade and reopen the Strait of Hormuz.
Now, the US president is saying this has been agreed to. What he is not saying is whether or not this has been signed.
The statement coming from Pakistani officials says that the signing will take place on Friday and will involve further talks before that occurs.
What we are getting, as we have for so long now, are two different versions.
The US is saying that the memorandum of understanding was agreed to, but that is not what we have been hearing from Iran.
It is still clear that there is a lot to work out here. The chain of events as we understood it is not happening. In other words, that there would be a signing and then an opening of the Strait of Hormuz.
Now, the US president has reversed the order of procedure. This appears to be Trump buying time and saving face.
Source: Al Jazeera
