Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif arrives for a meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping at the Great Hall of the People, in Beijing, China May 25, 2026.
Tingshu Wang | Reuters
Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Friday said that a “final, agreed upon text” of a deal between the U.S. and Iran “has been reached.”
Pakistan, which has acted as a mediator between the two countries throughout their war, “is now working closely with both sides to finalize the next steps,” Sharif said in an X post.
“Peace has never been this close as it is now,” he wrote.
Sharif’s announcement aligned with those of other officials, including President Donald Trump, who have said that a deal to end the more-than-three-month-old war is closer to completion than ever.
Trump said in the Oval Office on Thursday afternoon that the U.S. had “just made a great settlement of the war with Iran,” subject to the “finalization of documents.”
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi wrote on X prior to Sharif’s post that a preliminary deal with the U.S., known as a memorandum of understanding, “has never been closer.”
All three officials have also pushed back on information that has been shared publicly about the contents of the apparently forthcoming deal.
Iran’s Mehr News Agency earlier Friday reported 14 purported provisions in the draft deal, including commitments from the U.S. to lift oil sanctions, end its Naval blockade and release Iran’s frozen funds.
Trump wrote in an angry Truth Social post later Friday morning that the public reporting about the deal has “NOTHING to do with the terms that were agreed to, in writing.”
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