US-Iran Memorandum of Understanding expires: How and why it fell apart

Trump deemed the MoU 'over' within a month of it being signed, as the two sides traded attacks despite a 'ceasefire'.

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US-Iran Memorandum of Understanding expires: How and why it fell apart

The June 17 Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the United States and Iran expired on Monday amid faltering negotiations between the two sides. While full-scale fighting has been paused for now, the war on Iran. It began on February 28, is far from resolved.

The Islamabad-brokered MoU was supposed to kick-start a 60-day period for peace talks between the two sides and included provisions for the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, which has become a major flashpoint in the war.

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