US President Donald Trump on Wednesday, 17 June declared the agreement reached with Iran a historic breakthrough at the conclusion of the G7 summit in Evian, stating it had ended the ongoing conflict, secured the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, and committed Tehran to never acquiring a nuclear weapon. Trump added that world leaders present at the summit — including Prime Minister Narendra Modi — had welcomed the accord as a step toward greater stability in the Middle East.

What the Agreement Covers

Trump described the understanding, which he characterised as a memorandum of understanding, as achieving every stated objective. 'On Sunday, we reached an agreement with Iran that achieves everything we set out to accomplish — everything and much more,' he said. 'Ending the current conflict, reopening the Strait of Hormuz and preventing Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon, that's what it was all about.'

The President underscored that the nuclear commitment was open-ended and not time-limited. 'Importantly, Iran has agreed that it will neither produce nor procure a nuclear weapon,' Trump said, adding: 'It doesn't say they'll have one in five years or 10 years or 20 years.' He also noted that the deal covered both the development and acquisition of nuclear arms.

Strait of Hormuz and Energy Flows

Trump repeatedly cited the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz — one of the world's most critical energy chokepoints — as among the agreement's most consequential outcomes. 'Maritime traffic through the Strait of Hormuz has already increased very substantially,' he said, adding that normal energy flows were expected to resume within days. He argued that prolonged military action would never have achieved this result: 'If we didn't do this deal, we could have dropped more bombs for another three weeks, two weeks, four weeks, two years. You would never have the Hormuz Strait open.'

Modi's Reaction and G7 Consensus

Trump said his conversation with Prime Minister Modi at the summit was extensive and positive. 'Prime Minister Modi was here, we had a long talk, he's a great guy,' Trump said. 'They are thrilled that we made a deal, every one of them.' He also stated that no leader at the summit had urged him to continue military operations against Iran. 'There's not one nation that came to us and said, please, sir, keep dropping bombs on them,' he said.

Trump also thanked Pakistan and Qatar for their role in facilitating diplomacy, and praised Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates as important partners during the process.

Warnings and What Comes Next

Despite the celebratory tone, Trump issued a pointed warning: if Iran failed to honour the memorandum, military action could resume. 'If they don't honor that, we'll probably go back to bombing them until they honor it,' he said. The deal is expected to be formally signed imminently — 'tomorrow, maybe the next day,' according to Trump.

Looking ahead, Washington and Gulf nations are set to pursue a parallel track addressing non-nuclear concerns, including conventional ballistic missiles and what Trump described as 'terrorist proxies.' Trump expressed hope that the Iran accord would serve as the foundation for a broader regional settlement: 'It's my hope that the peace agreement will be the beginning of a much larger deal all across the Middle East.'