Trump, Iranian President and Pakistan’s Prime Minister sign memorandum of understanding outlining preliminary steps to end the war, document published

U.S. President Donald Trump, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian, and Pakistan’s prime minister signed a memorandum of understanding on Wednesday that is intended to outline preliminary steps toward ending the war, and the full text of the agreement has been published, according to NPR World on June 18.

The memorandum of understanding, described as a preliminary agreement, is presented as a formal, written instrument that captures the commitments reached by the three leaders at the time of signing. The publication of the document provides the public with the exact language of the framework that the governments said would guide subsequent steps.

In the NPR publication, the memorandum is identified as an interlocking statement by the United States and Iran, with Pakistan listed among the signatories. By including a third state, the instrument reflects a role for regional diplomatic involvement alongside U.S. and Iranian engagement.

The memorandum’s stated purpose is to help end the war. That means it is positioned not as a final peace treaty, but as an interim diplomatic mechanism that is meant to structure follow-on discussions and implementation tasks, subject to the procedures and conditions set out in the text.

Officials and diplomats typically use memoranda of understanding to establish agreed principles, process timelines, and the scope of what comes next, while leaving details to later agreements. In this case, the published text serves as the authoritative reference for what each side said it was prepared to put forward at the preliminary stage.

Because the document has been published in full, affected publics and institutions can review the language for any procedural commitments, timelines, and responsibilities assigned to each signatory. The published text also creates a clearer public record for questions about compliance and interpretation as further negotiations proceed.

As discussions move forward from the memorandum, the next concrete developments would depend on what the parties specify in subsequent phases, including any steps for implementation and verification that the memorandum anticipates. Any changes would be reflected through additional government statements and follow-on agreements consistent with the framework now in the public domain.