The full US-Iran draft agreement, reviewed by BDN

The United States and Iran have finalized the draft text of a 14-point memorandum of understanding aimed at permanently ending the 2026 Iran war. The Swiss Foreign Ministry says the signing is set for the evening of June 19 at the Bürgenstock resort near Lucerne. It has not yet been signed.

The full draft was disclosed by Bloomberg News and Iran’s Mehr News Agency and has been reviewed by BDN. Below is a point-by-point look at what each article says, followed by the complete text.

Point by point

Article 1, end of the war. An immediate and permanent end to the fighting on all fronts, including Lebanon. The Lebanon language is disputed, claimed by Iran and Pakistan but denied by Israel and the United States.

Article 2, sovereignty. Both sides agree to respect each other’s borders and stay out of each other’s internal affairs.

Article 3, timeline. A final agreement is to be negotiated within 60 days, extendable if both sides agree.

Article 4, US naval blockade. The United States lifts its blockade immediately and restores Iranian shipping traffic within 30 days, and pulls its forces back from the surrounding area within 30 days of the final agreement.

Article 5, Strait of Hormuz. Iran reopens merchant shipping between the Persian Gulf and the Sea of Oman within 30 days, including clearing mines.

Article 6, the $300 billion fund. The United States and regional partners commit to a reconstruction and economic development plan for Iran financed at no less than $300 billion.

Article 7, sanctions. The United States agrees to end all sanctions on Iran, including UN, IAEA and unilateral US measures, on a schedule set in the final deal.

Article 8, nuclear weapons. Iran reaffirms it will never produce nuclear weapons. The fate of its enriched material is left to the final agreement.

Articles 9 to 12, the holding pattern. Both sides freeze the status quo while talks continue, the US issues oil export waivers, frozen Iranian assets are released, and a body is set up to oversee the final deal.

Articles 13 and 14, what comes next. Formal negotiations on remaining issues begin once early steps are underway, and the final agreement would be locked in by a binding UN Security Council resolution.

Two open questions remain. Israel has not recognized the agreement, and the release of roughly $24 billion in frozen Iranian assets is still contested between Washington and Tehran.

Read the full text of the memorandum of understanding below.

Article 1. The Islamic Republic of Iran and the United States, together with their allies in the current war, declare upon the signing of this Memorandum of Understanding an immediate and permanent end to the war on all fronts, including Lebanon, and undertake that from now on they will not launch any hostile action against each other, and will refrain from the threat or use of force against each other. The final agreement will confirm the provisions of this Article and the remaining Articles.

Article 2. The Islamic Republic of Iran and the United States undertake to respect each other’s sovereignty and territorial integrity, and to refrain from interfering in each other’s internal affairs.

Article 3. The Islamic Republic of Iran and the United States undertake to negotiate and reach a final agreement within a maximum period of 60 days, extendable by mutual consent.

Article 4. Immediately upon the signing of this Memorandum of Understanding, the United States lift the naval blockade and prevent any interference or obstruction against the Islamic Republic of Iran, and restore traffic within a maximum of 30 days to its full capacity; the traffic of ships shall be proportional to the pre-war volume of traffic on the part of the Islamic Republic of Iran. The United States also undertakes to withdraw its forces from the surrounding areas within 30 days after the final agreement.

Article 5. Upon signing this Memorandum of Understanding, the Islamic Republic of Iran will immediately take steps to ensure that the movement of merchant ships from the Persian Gulf to the Sea of Oman and vice versa is resumed within 30 days to the pre-war volume, taking into account the need for the removal of technical obstacles and the neutralization of mines by Iran.

Article 6. The United States undertakes, together with its regional partners, to create a comprehensive plan agreed upon by both parties for the rehabilitation and economic development of the Islamic Republic of Iran, while ensuring financing of at least $300 billion. The implementation mechanism of this plan, as part of the final agreement, will be formulated within 60 days.

Article 7. The United States commits to ending, on a schedule to be agreed upon as part of the final agreement, all types of sanctions currently facing the Islamic Republic of Iran, including resolutions of the United Nations Security Council and the Board of Governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), and all unilateral U.S. sanctions, both primary and secondary.

Article 8. The Islamic Republic of Iran reiterates that it will never produce nuclear weapons. The Islamic Republic of Iran and the United States have agreed that the fate of enriched material and the fate of all other mutually agreed nuclear-related issues, including Iran’s nuclear needs, will be adequately addressed in a final agreement; the final agreement will confirm the provisions of this Article.

Article 9. The Islamic Republic of Iran and the United States agree that, pending a final agreement, they will maintain the status quo: Iran will maintain the status quo on its nuclear program, and the United States will not impose new sanctions on Iran or strengthen its forces in the region.

Article 10. The United States undertakes that immediately after the signing of this Memorandum of Understanding, and until the date of the lifting of sanctions, the United States Treasury Department will issue waivers for exports of Iranian crude oil, petrochemical products and their derivatives, and all related services, including banking, insurance, transportation, and the like.

Article 11. The United States undertakes that, in light of the progress of negotiations towards a final agreement, frozen or restricted funds and assets of the Islamic Republic of Iran will be released and made fully available. These funds, whether held in the master account or transferred, will be used for any final beneficiary payment determined by the Central Bank of the Islamic Republic of Iran and will be fully available for use. The United States undertakes to issue all necessary permits and licenses on this basis.

Article 12. The Islamic Republic of Iran and the United States agree that an implementation mechanism will be established to oversee the successful implementation of and future commitment to the Final Agreement.

Article 13. Following the signing of this Memorandum of Understanding, and upon receipt of assurances regarding the commencement of implementation of Articles 4, 5, 10, and 11 of this Memorandum of Understanding, and the continued implementation of these steps, the Islamic Republic of Iran and the United States will enter into negotiations for a Final Agreement solely with respect to the remaining Articles.

Article 14. The final agreement will be approved through a binding resolution of the UN Security Council.