U.S. and Iran Threaten Renewed Strikes Despite Memorandum of Understanding, Saying the Other Side Is "Not Trustworthy"

[Financial News] The United States and Iran, which were reported to have signed a ceasefire memorandum of understanding, have warned that they will immediately resume the war if the agreement is not kept. Both sides also claimed victory in the conflict.
U.S. President Donald Trump, who had visited France to attend the Group of Seven (G7) summit, spoke to reporters on the 17th local time about the terms of the memorandum. He referred to the deal as the "Trump agreement" and called it "a wall that prevents going nuclear." He added, "No one can get through it. We built the wall, and they can no longer have nuclear weapons."
Trump said the memorandum is "to prevent Iran from having nuclear weapons, and they cannot develop or buy them." He added, "If they do not comply with the agreement, we will bomb them again until they do."
Iran has also left open the possibility of resuming hostilities. Iran International, a dissident Iranian media outlet based in the United Kingdom, reported on the 18th that it had relayed remarks by Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, the speaker of parliament and Iran's chief negotiator in the ceasefire talks. In an interview with state broadcaster IRIB the previous day, Ghalibaf said, "The recent war was a war between truth and falsehood," and added that "Iran prevented the United States and Israel from achieving the nine goals they had set at the start of the war." He also claimed, "I am the person who distrusts the United States the most," and said he had directly told U.S. Vice President JD Vance, "I do not trust you at all."
Ghalibaf said that "pessimism and distrust toward the United States have reached their peak," and argued that "even if the agreement is finalized and approved by a resolution of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC), it is still completely untrustworthy." He warned, "If Iran's enemies do not understand the language of logic, we are ready to respond," and added that "Iran's finger is still on the trigger." Ghalibaf also left open the possibility of force, saying, "If necessary, Iran will use the 'language of force' again."


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