Trump Says Iran MOU 'Not Final,' Warns of Renewed Strikes
President Trump told reporters Wednesday the Geneva deal with Iran is a memorandum of understanding subject to change, and that the US will 'go back' to strikes if he is dissatisfied.
Developing story — this page will be updated as information becomes available.
US President Donald Trump told reporters on Wednesday that the deal announced with Iran this week is a “memorandum of understanding” that remains subject to change, and that Washington would resume military action if he concludes Tehran is not complying. “If I don’t like it, we’ll go,” the president said, according to Middle East Monitor citing Anadolu.
What we know
Trump characterized the Geneva instrument as preliminary rather than a finished accord, framing it as an MOU subject to revision. The comments came as G7 leaders endorsed the framework and called for follow-on talks on Iran’s missile programme.
The president separately denied reports the package includes $300 billion in US investment for Iran, telling reporters: “We’re not investing, we’re not putting” money into Tehran. Sanctions relief and phased access to frozen Iranian funds are described in the published MOU text, but the document does not commit new US capital.
Tehran has not responded publicly to Wednesday’s “not final” framing. Iran’s foreign ministry earlier warned that continued Israeli strikes on Lebanon “threaten” the US deal.
What we don’t know
Trump did not specify what conditions would trigger a return to strikes, what verification benchmarks the White House is using, or whether his “MOU” framing reflects a change in US legal posture or a rhetorical hedge. This is a developing story.
Context
The Geneva instrument was signed Monday by Vice President JD Vance and Iranian parliament speaker Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf as an executive memorandum rather than a treaty, leaving it outside the Senate ratification process and exposed to unilateral revision by either side. The president’s “not final” language formalizes that exposure.
The White House framework released Monday tied sanctions relief to phased nuclear-program steps with IAEA verification, but left missile and regional questions to future rounds.
What to watch
- Whether Tehran responds to the “not final” characterization, and in what register.
- Any movement in the IAEA verification track that the White House would treat as a trigger.
- Whether Israeli operations in Lebanon — which Iran has flagged as deal-breakers — draw a further US response.
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