The President of the United States, Donald Trump, clarified this Sunday that the strategic Strait of Hormuz will be operational again once the peace agreement with Iran is signed, which is scheduled to be signed in Switzerland this coming Friday, June 19. The announcement came just minutes after he confirmed that Washington and Tehran have reached a provisional pact to end the conflict unleashed in the Middle East following the joint offensive launched by the United States and Israel against the Islamic Republic on February 28.
"With the opening of the strait after the signing of the agreement on Friday, in order to remove the mines, oil will flow again from both ends for the region and for the world!", the White House tenant highlighted in a message posted on his social network.
In relation to this understanding, the Republican leader predicted that the agreement will bring "peace and security to the entire region," and took credit for being the first American president to have managed to "help" the Middle East "achieve true peace."
"Many presidents have tried to reach peace with Iran and all have failed before me," Trump boasted, calling the agreement a "great deal."
On the other hand, the Vice President of the United States, JD Vance, who described the announcement as "a very, very big victory," supported the president's claims about the immediate lifting of the blockade of the Strait of Hormuz imposed by US forces.
In an interview with Fox News, Vance stressed that, with this text, it is guaranteed that Tehran "will never have a nuclear weapon" and that, moreover, "it will not acquire it or try to buy it" because that "is incorporated into the agreement."
"If the Iranians comply with this agreement, it is going to fundamentally transform the Middle East for the next 50 years and it is going to end the war," Vance argued, emphasizing that the commitments made by both parties will be strictly monitored.
The vice president also expressed his intention to attend the official signing ceremony of the document, which will be held in Switzerland on June 19, without ruling out that Trump may attend the event personally.
"We are still defining the logistical details about who will attend that signing ceremony," the American leader specified, adding that "it is possible that the president himself will also be present."
This provisional peace agreement has also been ratified by the Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister, Kazem Gharibabadi, who has assured that the text contemplates an "immediate and permanent ceasefire" from tonight and also includes Lebanon. "This memorandum of understanding does not mean that we trust the enemy. It has been drafted despite the lack of trust," he explained, according to Iranian media.
Gharibabadi added that, during the 60 days of planned negotiations, the "end" of "all sanctions and Security Council resolutions," the nuclear issue, the definition of the "definitive mechanism" for the "reconstruction" of Iran, and the creation of a "compliance mechanism" that allows for the supervision of each party's obligations will be addressed.