“We have the ultimate alternative, which we hope we never have to use again”, threatened the US president. Tehran has suggested that Trump intends to time the signing with his June 14 birthday.
United States President Donald Trump said this Saturday, in a post on social media, that an agreement with Iran was scheduled to be signed on Sunday and that the Strait of Hormuz would be immediately “open to everyone” after signing.
“The signing of the agreement is scheduled for tomorrow and, as soon as it is signed, the Strait of Hormuz will be OPEN TO EVERYONE”, wrote the US President on his social network, Truth Social.
“We look forward to working with Iran and the entire Middle East for many years. We hope this process occurs quickly, simply and smoothly. If that doesn’t happen, we have the final alternative, which we hope we never have to use again,” said the American president.
However, moments after this message, Iran’s Revolutionary Guard rejected that Iran will sign any agreement with the United States on Sunday and criticized US President Donald Trump for his “unusual insistence” in setting that date for signing.
The IRGC described the timetable announced by Trump as a “test of the Iranian negotiating team” and said the announcement comes “despite Iranian negotiators having explicitly stated that the memorandum is not yet finalized and that signing on Sunday is definitely out of the question.”
In a post on the Telegram platform, the group suggested that Trump intended to coincide the signing with his birthday, on June 14.
“Some observers believe his insistence may be motivated by a desire to use the occasion symbolically and turn it into a personal promotion event,” the statement said.
Previously, Pakistan had already assured that the electronic signature of the agreement was still scheduled for next Sunday, although Tehran continued to indicate that it wanted to postpone the event. According to Pakistan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, officials from the mediating countries welcomed the fact that negotiations between the United States and Iran are at a conclusive stage.
Pakistani diplomacy also reiterated that the signing ceremony, in electronic format, is scheduled for tomorrow.
Iranian news agency Mehr published what it presented as a 14-point draft protocol, meeting a series of Iranian demands, including the right to enrich uranium and the immediate release of $24 billion in Iranian funds frozen abroad.
However, Washington provided a completely different version. The US President stated in his message that Washington would recover enriched uranium from Iran “when the time is right” to “dilute and destroy it, whether in Iran or in the United States”.
Presenting the agreement as “a wall against nuclear weapons”, the President stated that the Iranians “did not want any more nuclear weapons” and that they “would not obtain them, whether by purchase, development or any other means of acquisition”.
He also assured that “no money” would change hands.
“Let’s hope this process is quick, easy and smooth. If not, we have the final alternative, which we hope we never have to use again!”, concluded Donald Trump, without specifying the nature of the threat.
