Archive · 1 Sep 2026
Pezeshkian Offers Immediate Reciprocity If US Restores June Deal
Iran and the United States made a temporary deal in June to try to stop their war.
The deal included promises from both countries and a period for further talks.
Iran says the United States must keep its promises first.
If America does that, Iran says it will respond by keeping its own promises right away.
One important promise concerns reopening the Strait of Hormuz, a major route for ships carrying oil.
The two countries later disagreed about the deal and exchanged attacks.
Iran’s president said his country does not want war but will defend itself.
President Trump said the United States would respond, while also saying the fighting had not become a full-scale war again.
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said Tehran would immediately reciprocate if the United States honored commitments under a June memorandum of understanding.
The June agreement was intended to end the US-Iran war and created a 60-day period for negotiations toward a permanent settlement.
The agreement later unraveled as Washington and Tehran disagreed over implementation and resumed military actions.
Iran has linked reopening the Strait of Hormuz to the United States fulfilling the deal’s terms.
US President Donald Trump warned of a response to Iranian attacks but said the renewed strikes did not represent a return to full-scale war.
- Who
- Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian and US President Donald Trump, along with the governments of Iran and the United States.
- What
- Pezeshkian said Iran would immediately reciprocate if the United States returned to its commitments under the June memorandum of understanding.
- When
- The remarks were reported on Tuesday, September 1, after attacks exchanged the previous day; the reports identify the summit remarks as occurring on Monday.
- Where
- The remarks were made at the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation Summit in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan.
- Why
- Iran says Washington must honor the interim agreement before Tehran resumes its own commitments, including reopening the Strait of Hormuz.
Iran’s Position
United States’ Position
Implementing the June agreement
Iran’s Position
Iran says Washington must first return to the commitments signed under the June memorandum, after which Tehran would immediately take reciprocal action.
United States’ Position
The reports do not specify which commitments the United States says it has fulfilled or how Washington assesses Iran’s conditions.
Response to renewed attacks
Iran’s Position
Pezeshkian says Iran does not seek war but will respond firmly to aggression, while describing the attacks against Iran as violations of international law.
United States’ Position
Trump warned that the United States would respond to Iranian attacks but said the renewed strikes did not amount to a return to full-scale war.
Strait of Hormuz
Iran’s Position
Iran has maintained that it will reopen the strategic waterway only after the United States implements the agreement’s terms.
United States’ Position
The reports say the United States enforced a naval blockade of Iranian ports, but they do not provide a detailed public US position on Iran’s reopening condition.
- Agreement
- A June memorandum of understanding was intended to end the conflict and allow 60 days of negotiations toward a permanent settlement.
- Iranian condition
- Pezeshkian said Iran would reciprocate immediately if the United States returned to its commitments.
- Strait of Hormuz
- Iran has said it would allow free navigation through the strategic waterway if Washington implements the agreement.
- Recent escalation
- The reports describe a renewed exchange of attacks between the United States and Iran after a period without direct fire.
- US response
- Donald Trump said there would be a response to Iranian attacks but said the strikes did not signal a return to full-scale war.
- Iranian position
- Pezeshkian said Tehran does not seek war but would respond with strength to aggression.
- Additional criticism
- Pezeshkian accused US and Israeli attacks on Iran of violating the UN Charter and international law.
