Trump finally sealed his Iran deal. Now talks on the ‘final’ agreement begin.

Iran warTrump finally sealed his Iran deal. Now talks on the ‘final’ deal begin.The thorniest issues have been “punted” into the next round of negotiations with Iran, analysts say, with big concessions made in return for the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz.Listen to this article with a free account00:0000:00Add NBC News to Google'This was not easy,' Trump says while signing Iran MOU at Versailles00:33Get more newsLiveonShareAdd NBC News to GoogleJune 18, 2026, 12:45 PM EDTBy Alexander Smith“This wasn’t easy.”Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content.That’s the verdict of President Donald Trump, as he finally signed a deal to end the Iran war and reopen the Strait of Hormuz.Global powers will hope the 14-point agreement offers some relief for the international economy, still suffering the ripple effects of Iran’s throttling of the vital waterway.Yet the conclusion of one lengthy and tense period of talks will only herald another. The details of a “final” U.S.-Iran agreement, likely to be even more thorny, still need to be thrashed out during a 60-day negotiation between Washington and Tehran, starting Friday in the Swiss Alps.Iran has claimed the interim agreement as a victory, while critics and many independent experts have said the terms heavily favor Tehran. Even Trump, while saying the deal was “very strong,” appeared to concede that he signed it in order to prevent “economic catastrophe” and the world “going into a depression.”Speaking at the G7 summit in France, Trump acknowledged his deal did not achieve some of his initial war goals, including ending Iran’s ballistic missile program, before he put pen to paper on Wednesday. He signed the deal at the Palace of Versailles, where Germany’s surrender to end World War I was sealed in 1918.Trump and his allies had pilloried and eventually ripped up President Barack Obama’s 2015 nuclear deal, in part because it failed to address Iran’s missile ars...