Iran state media says MOU with US is ‘dead’
Iranian state media has announced that the U.S.-Iran Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) is effectively “dead” following recent U.S. strikes on Iran and President Donald trump’s statement that the ceasefire was “over.” tasnim News agency, aligned with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, blamed Trump for the agreement’s collapse and interpreted his remarks as an official end to the MOU. Iranian officials, including senior adviser Ali Akbar Velayati, have responded to Trump’s comments by warning that Iran is prepared to take action, with Velayati stating that Iran’s “finger on the trigger.”
The article notes that the agreement had been questionable from the start due to broken promises by the U.S., and its recent demise has given Tehran a “clearer mandate” to confront the U.S. and Israel. It also highlights that Iranian hardline outlets are calling for officials to publicly burn the MOU as a response to Trump’s declaration.
This growth follows Iran’s recent military actions, including strikes in the Strait of Hormuz, and reflects ongoing tensions where Iran’s Revolutionary Guard appears to be positioning itself to perhaps renew hostilities, possibly to negotiate better terms in future talks. The escalation comes amid broader regional and geopolitical conflicts, with the situation now further strained by Trump’s declaration that the ceasefire is over.
Iranian state media said it was “burning” the U.S.-Iran Memorandum of Understanding, after U.S. strikes on the country and President Donald Trump’s declaration that the ceasefire was “over.”
Tasnim News Agency, an outlet that effectively functions as a mouthpiece for the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, declared on Wednesday that the MOU was “dead,” blaming the “terrorist” Trump for its unraveling and interpreting his Wednesday remarks that he views the MOU as “over” as an announcement of its end.
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“Although Iranian negotiators pursued with sincerity, emphasizing the continuation of the struggle and acknowledging that dishonesty is inherent in the United States, was from the beginning clear that no agreement would be implemented by the Americans, especially if Iran insists on its rights,” the outlet said.
“Despite the efforts of officials, this agreement was essentially dead from the start, due to the Americans’ broken promises, and last night, only the announcement of its death occurred,” it added.
With the agreement dead, Tasnim said, Tehran now had a “clearer mandate” to take on the U.S. and Israel, “and their proxies in the region and the world.”
“Continuing an agreement that Trump himself has officially declared dead is illogical and unreasonable; Iranian officials must give a clear response to Trump by burning the agreement that the enemy has officially declared dead,” it added.
The remarks are the first message from a prominent Iranian institution or news agency addressing Trump’s comments at the NATO summit in Ankara, Turkey. Major Iranian figures, including President Masoud Pezeshkian and Parliamentary Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, hadn’t publicly addressed Trump’s comments and the status of the MOU as of Wednesday morning.
Ali Akbar Velayati, a senior adviser to Iran’s supreme leader, addressed Trump’s comments on Wednesday, saying, “The responsibility for the new provocations and the verbal admission of the cancellation of the #Memorandum—by the Epstein-like, notorious, and bandit-like policy that had been repeatedly violated in practice—once again drives the region toward fire.”
Iran, he said, has its “finger on the trigger.”
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Tasnim’s post directly called for action from Iranian officials, notably closing with a call that they “must” burn the MOU in response to Trump’s comments. Given Tasnim’s status as a de facto mouthpiece for hardliners in the Guard, the post can also be interpreted as public pressuring from elements of the Guard for Tehran to tear up the MOU and go back to open war with the U.S. and Israel.
The Guard is in control of Iran’s drone forces, which started the latest round of strikes after hitting three ships transiting the Strait of Hormuz on Tuesday. The sequence of moves could indicate both where true power lies in Iran and the Guard’s purposeful engineering of a cycle that would lead to renewed war, when the country could negotiate better terms.
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