Inside the U.S.-Iran Deal, and Trump Hosts U.F.C. Fights
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From the New York Times, it's the headlines. I'm Tracy Mumford. Today's Monday, June 15th. Here's what we're covering.
I'm not going to say that everybody's going to sing Kumbaya tomorrow. It's going to take a little bit of time to learn the ways of peace. But I do think we took a major, major step tonight.
After months of negotiations, the U.S. and Iran have announced that they have reached a framework for peace, an agreement that could pave the way for an end to the war.
I know that this has been a hard time for a lot of Americans, but we have achieved something great for them.
Speaking to Fox News, Vice President J.D. Vance celebrated the deal, which he said will immediately end the U.S. naval blockade on Iran and reopen the Strait of Hormuz, essentially returning things to the status quo before the war began. In a statement on social media, President Trump wrote, quote, Ships of the world, start your engines. Let the oil flow. The deal came together in a last-minute flurry of talks, with Iran holding off on finalizing the so-called Memorandum of Understanding until after midnight Tehran time. According to two Iranian officials, that was because they didn't want it to coincide with Trump's 80th birthday. Both Iran and the U.S. are trying to portray the deal, which includes a 60-day ceasefire, as a victory for their side, though some of the thorniest issues between them have basically just been pushed off to future talks about a broader agreement down the line.
The fact of the matter is that a memorandum of understanding doesn't have any particular enforceable capability. This isn't a peace deal. It's not a nuclear deal. It's more like a table of contents, as one of the president's aides put it to me, for what needs to be negotiated next.
David Sanger covers the White House for The Times. Yesterday, he spoke with President Trump on the phone for almost a half an hour.
What was unusual about the president's call is that as he described and walked me through the nuclear agreements that he believed they were going to reach. He was basically describing agreements that he wanted to make sound as if they had already been reached. But when pressed, acknowledged that this is all subject to this later and, in my view, much more important document. which would be much more like what the Obama administration negotiated 11 years ago. Specifics about whether or not Iran can enrich uranium, whether it has to give up its stockpile of nuclear fuel and so forth.
David says that fresh talks about Iran's nuclear program could kick off as soon as Friday, when the U.S.-Iran framework is expected to be officially signed. One factor that could still reignite the conflict, though, is Israel's ongoing campaign against the Iran-backed militia Hezbollah in Lebanon. The new ceasefire requires an end to fighting on all fronts, including Lebanon. But Israel was not part of the talks, and its national security minister has already stressed that it is not bound by the agreement. David has more about the deal and his conversation with President Trump on today's episode of The Daily. Now, two other quick updates from Washington.
I just can't believe that we're at the White House watching UFC fights. Dude, I'm so filled with, like, testosterone. I want to kick somebody in the chest.
It's crazy! Hours after announcing the agreement with Iran, President Trump sat cage-side for UFC fights on the White House lawn, a spectacle unlike any in the history of the presidency.
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