U.S. and Iran have ‘final, agreed upon text’ of a deal, Pakistan prime minister says
Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif arrives for a meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping at the Great Hall of the People, in Beijing, China May 25, 2026.
Tingshu Wang | Reuters
Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Friday said that a “final, agreed upon text” of a deal between the U.S. and Iran “has been reached.”
Pakistan, which has acted as a mediator between the two countries throughout their war, “is now working closely with both sides to finalize the next steps,” Sharif said in an X post.
“Peace has never been this close as it is now,” he wrote.
Sharif’s announcement aligned with those of other officials, including President Donald Trump, who have said that a deal to end the more-than-three-month-old war is closer to completion than ever.
Trump said in the Oval Office on Thursday afternoon that the U.S. had “just made a great settlement of the war with Iran,” subject to the “finalization of documents.”
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi wrote on X prior to Sharif’s post that a preliminary deal with the U.S., known as a memorandum of understanding, “has never been closer.”
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