President Trump Signs Physical Copy of Memorandum of Understanding with Iran

JAKARTA - President Donald Trump officially signed a copy of the United States-Iran memorandum of understanding during a dinner the other night at the Palace of Versailles, France, according to two US officials.

The US then sent photos of the signed agreement to the Iranians, one of the officials said.

Another senior US government official said earlier this week, President Trump and Vice President JD Vance had previously signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Iran virtually, and the Speaker of the Iranian Parliament Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf signed the document virtually for the Iranian side.

But a US official said on Wednesday, President Trump had signed a physical copy, and also stated that the President had not signed digitally before, but rather "witnessed" the signing by Vice President Vance.

"On Sunday, a memorandum of understanding was signed digitally by Vice President Vance and Chairman Ghalibaf and witnessed by President Trump. Now, it has been signed by President Trump and President (Masoud) Pezeshkian," the official said, launching CNN (18/6).

US officials said a formal signing ceremony with Vice President Vance is still expected to take place on Friday.

However, Esmail Baghaei, spokesman for the Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, told Iran's state media, IRIB, that the memorandum of understanding was signed digitally and there would be no signing ceremony held in Switzerland.