14.06.2026 00:10
US President Donald Trump’s announcement that a memorandum of understanding is planned to be signed tomorrow between the Tehran and Washington administrations has sparked controversy in Iran. While conservative figures in the Iranian parliament have reacted to the provisions in the memorandum regarding the toll-free and unrestricted opening of the Strait of Hormuz and the dilution of uranium, hundreds of people took to the streets in the capital Tehran, calling for the resignation of Parliament and Negotiation Council Speaker Kalibaf and Foreign Minister Araghchi.
According to US President Donald Trump's latest statement, the memorandum of understanding expected to be signed tomorrow between the Tehran and Washington administrations has caused controversy on the Iranian front.
SUCCESSIVE REACTIONS FROM THE PARLIAMENT Mahmoud Nabavian, a conservative member of the Iranian Parliament, stated that the memorandum of understanding includes clauses regarding the free, immediate, and unrestricted opening of the Strait of Hormuz and uranium dilution, while there are ambiguities regarding the lifting of sanctions against Iran, the release of frozen assets, and Iran's access to a $300 billion fund. Nabavian said, "Does this text serve national interests?"
Ebrahim Rezaei, spokesperson for the Iranian Parliament's National Security and Foreign Policy Commission, also commented on his social media account, implying that the Iranian negotiation team was too conciliatory, saying, "Generosity at the negotiating table has led to changes in the enemy's calculations, creating the perception that Iran is weak."
Rezai and Nabavian PROTESTS AGAINST THE AGREEMENT IN TEHRAN In the evening hours, a group of Iranians gathered at Ibn Sina Square in the capital Tehran staged a protest against the negotiations with the US. During the protest, slogans were chanted against Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, head of the Iranian Parliament and the Negotiating Team, and Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi.
TRUMP ANNOUNCED THAT THE AGREEMENT WITH IRAN WILL BE SIGNED TOMORROW AND THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ WILL OPEN US President Donald Trump stated that an agreement has been reached in the long-running diplomatic contacts with Iran and announced that the deal is planned to be signed tomorrow.
In a statement on his social media account, Trump also shared the details of the new agreement with the public. Targeting the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) signed with Tehran under former US President Barack Obama, which he argued paved the way for Iran to acquire a nuclear weapon, Trump emphasized that his own agreement is the exact opposite.
Trump summarized the difference he claimed exists between the two agreements with these words: "Barack Hussein Obama's deal with Iran was an easy, beautiful, and smooth road to a nuclear weapon that Iran would have had six years ago and would have already used. My deal with Iran is the exact opposite, a wall built against nuclear weapons."
Trump said that immediately after the signatures are made, the strategically located Strait of Hormuz for global energy trade will also open. Arguing that they have established a much better relationship with Tehran unlike previous administrations, Trump stated, "The agreement is planned to be signed tomorrow, and immediately after its signing, the Strait of Hormuz will be open to everyone. Unlike the hundreds of billions of dollars, including 1.7 billion dollars in cold cash paid to them by Obama, there is no money changing hands in this agreement. In fact, they no longer want nuclear weapons and will not be able to possess them through purchase, development, or any other means."
In his statement, Trump also touched on the agreement reached regarding the fate of nuclear materials in Iran's underground facilities, noting that after things calm down, the US military will step in. He said, "At the appropriate time, when everything has quieted down, thanks to our magnificent B-2 bombers and their brilliant pilots, we will go and retrieve the nuclear dust buried deep in the sunken granite mountains. We will dilute and destroy it, whether in Iran or the United States."