Donald Trump dug up the hatchet of verbal war with Iran just 48 hours after the "electronic" signing of the peace agreement. During his visit to the G-7 summit in Evian, on the eve of a meeting with delegates from Gulf countries about the situation in the Middle East, the American president once again sought headlines with one of his famous diatribes: "Hell will be unleashed on Iran if it tries to acquire the nuclear weapon".
"What really matters to me is that Iran will not be able to have the nuclear weapon," Trump added, referring to the "memorandum of understanding" signed last Sunday. "And if they do, the consequences will be incredible," he warned, stating that his country "has no obligation to invest in Iran" as a counterpart, unlike what Obama did.
Trump's statements come hours after Vice President JD Vance acknowledged that the agreement reached with Iran is "a very generic document of just a page and a half", whose content will likely be made public before the formal signing on Friday in Switzerland.
So far, the only thing that has been revealed about the agreement is that it is broken down into 14 points and that negotiations on uranium enrichment and Iran's nuclear program will be left for a subsequent round of talks to take place over 60 days.
JD Vance specified that one of the points of the agreement - "and that is clearly specified" - refers to the participation of the United States and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in the "destruction of highly enriched uranium reserves".
The American Vice President stated that he trusts that Iran will not impose a toll on ships passing through the Strait of Hormuz when it reopens "completely" starting Friday. "We hope that the Strait will reopen without a long-term toll, and those are the kind of issues we will address in the technical negotiations," he added.
Vance has confirmed that he will represent the Trump Administration on Friday at the signing ceremony of the agreement in which the Iraqi negotiator Mohamed Bagher Galibaf will participate. Although initially speculated to be in Geneva, the exact location of the signing has not yet been confirmed, and the round of talks will begin immediately after.
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi emphasized the importance for Iran to end Israel's war against the Hezbollah militia in Lebanon. "This is possibly the most important issue of the protocol: the announcement of an immediate and permanent cessation on all fronts, including Lebanon."
In his brief statements before the working lunch with delegates from Gulf countries, Trump made an explicit mention of Lebanon and suggested to Israel that Syria take care of Hezbollah. "Too many people are dying," declared the American president, implicitly criticizing Benjamin Netanyahu.
UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer stated today from the G-7 that the UK will play "its full part" in achieving the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz "as soon as possible."