Trump says Iran peace deal to be signed Sunday. Iran doubts timing : NPR

Residents swim and play within the waters of the Strait of Hormuz whereas cargo ships and business vessels lie anchored within the distance off Bandar Abbas, Iran, Wednesday, June 10, 2026.

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Progress on a deal to finish the Iran battle appeared to mount on Saturday, with mediator Pakistan and the U.S. saying an settlement may very well be reached as quickly as Sunday — though, Iran solid doubt on that timing.

President Trump, who has asserted many occasions all through the battle that the nations are on the verge of an settlement, stated Saturday morning on Truth Social {that a} deal was “scheduled to get signed” Sunday and that the Strait of Hormuz — a key international oil and fuel transport route — would open quickly after.

Iran’s overseas ministry spokesperson Esmail Baghaei, nonetheless, stated he did not suppose a finalized pact would occur so quickly. Baghaei instructed Iranian state media Saturday: “It will not be tomorrow.” But, he added: “The possibility of this happening in the coming days cannot be ruled out.”

Pakistan additionally signaled progress.

“We are closer to a peace deal than ever before,” Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif stated in an early morning post on X. A finalized peace deal was “likely expected in the next 24 hours,” he stated.

Sharif stated each side would signal the deal electronically, as soon as finalized, adopted by technical-level talks subsequent week.

“We are confident that this historic peace deal will form a strong foundation for lasting peace,” Sharif stated in his put up.

On Friday, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said on X: “The Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding has never been closer.” 

Trump additionally stated on Saturday that the deal would end result within the elimination of Iran’s enriched uranium stockpile that may very well be utilized in a nuclear weapon, a foremost sticking level in negotiations. But the precise particulars of the settlement are usually not but clear.

“At the appropriate time, when all is calm, we will go in and get the Nuclear Dust, buried deep under the powerful sunken granite mountains, thanks to our beautiful B-2 Bombers and their brilliant pilots, and downblend and destroy it, whether in Iran, or the United States,” he wrote on social media.

Trump adopted with a obscure risk: “Hopefully, this process will all work out quickly, easily, and smoothly. If it doesn’t, we have the ultimate alternative, hopefully never to be used again!”

It’s the newest instance of Trump flip-flopping between promising peace and ramping up threats towards Iran. On Thursday, the president stated he had known as off deliberate strikes on Iran attributable to “the fact that discussions with the Islamic Republic of Iran have been brought to the highest level of Iranian leadership and approved,” Trump stated on Truth Social.

The Group of Seven summit begins on Monday, the place Trump is predicted to debate demining the Strait of Hormuz. A senior U.S. official, who briefed journalists on situation of anonymity beneath guidelines set by the White House, stated Trump deliberate to satisfy on the G7 sidelines with the leaders of Egypt, Qatar and United Arab Emirates to debate efforts to wind down the battle.

G7 members Britain and France have expressed curiosity in aiding with demining as soon as the battle is paused. It was not clear what number of mines are in the strait that Iran has successfully managed since shortly after the battle started, just about shutting down oil and pure fuel shipments from the Persian Gulf. The U.S. has blockaded Iranian ports in response.

“The Naval Blockade will remain in full force and effect until this Transaction is finalized — Time and place of the signing to be announced shortly,” Trump wrote on social media Thursday.

A tenuous ceasefire has been in place since April 7.

NPR’s Carrie Kahn contributed to this story.