What the Trump-Iran agreement says about Lebanon, Hormuz and uranium

The United States provided details of the 14-point memorandum of understanding it reached with Iran on Wednesday.

Neither has released a physical copy, but a US official read out the text during a call with reporters on Wednesday. Iranian officials have yet to confirm the US version of the text.

The account is the clearest yet from the administration of US President Donald Trump on the deal, which had been scheduled to be signed in a ceremony in Switzerland on Friday, but which Trump signed in Versailles on Wednesday. However, it leaves a large number of questions unanswered, experts say.

We break down what the 14-point agreement says about issues that have emerged as major sticking points during peace negotiations between the US and Iran.

The first clause of the MoU states that the US and Iran have agreed to the “immediate and permanent termination of military operations on all fronts, including in Lebanon”.

Additionally, the memorandum adds that both sides will commit to ensuring the “territorial integrity and sovereignty of Lebanon”.

However, it makes no mention of Israel, which currently occupies one-fifth of the country and has subjected Lebanon to near-daily strikes since early March, killing at least 3,000 people and displacing more than one million from their homes.

Given that the agreement is solely between the US and Iran – Israel and the Lebanese group Hezbollah it is at war with are not signatories – it is unclear how a ceasefire in Lebanon would be implemented, or whether it means Iran must stop funding Hezbollah. In fact, Iran’s support for proxy groups around the region generally is not mentioned in the agreement.