Trump: Iran deal in final stage, could be signed in days
Trump for the first time said an Iran agreement is in its final stage and possible within two to three days, with Hormuz reopening on signing, as a US Apache went down near the strait.
- On June 9, Trump said for the first time that a deal with Iran is in its final stage and possible within two to three days.
- The Strait of Hormuz would, in his words, reopen immediately upon signing.
- The ceasefire between Iran and Israel held through Tuesday, with no major new strikes.
- A US Apache went down near the strait, both crew members rescued, while an Israeli strike on Tyre killed five.
US President Donald Trump said on Tuesday, June 9, that Washington and Tehran have entered the closing stage of talks on an agreement that he claims would permanently bar Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons. It was the first time the American president framed the deal as something within reach rather than a distant possibility. For Serbia, which pays for fuel and oil products at prices set on the world market, any shift around the Strait of Hormuz carries a concrete cost: easing tensions means lighter pressure on the barrel, and therefore on pumps in Belgrade and Novi Sad.
Trump described the deal as a very good one and stressed that it would in no way allow Iran to reach for nuclear arms. He said the signing could follow within two to three days, and that the Strait of Hormuz, the narrow chokepoint through which a fifth of the world’s traded oil passes, would reopen without delay. “It will open immediately upon signing, which could be in two or three days,” Trump said of the strait, tying the diplomatic outcome to the most sensitive point of the global energy market.
Is the ceasefire actually holding on the ground?
The pause in attacks, announced on June 8, held through Tuesday. Iran and Israel maintained the halt, with no major new strikes between the two states, giving the diplomatic channel room to work. Even so, the picture on the ground was far from calm. An Israeli strike on the southern Lebanese city of Tyre killed five people, according to Lebanon’s Health Ministry, after evacuation orders that included a Christian quarter of the city. That underscored that a truce between Tehran and Tel Aviv does not automatically mean peace on every front this conflict touches.
In the air above the strait itself, an incident briefly raised the tension. A US military Apache helicopter went down near the Strait of Hormuz, and both crew members were rescued unharmed. The cause of the crash remains unknown and under investigation, and neither side has so far linked it to hostile action. “The pilots are fine, nobody was hurt,” Trump said, clearly aiming to head off any reading that this was an attack that could rattle the fragile truce.
What it means for the region and for Serbia
Behind the public statements runs a quieter pressure. According to a report by Axios, Trump warned Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to be careful or he would soon be on his own, a rare signal of open American irritation toward its closest Middle East ally. The message is twofold: Washington wants to close the deal with Tehran and is not willing to let a fresh Israeli escalation sabotage it. For European chancelleries, which have spent months watching energy prices and regional stability intertwine, this is a tectonic shift worth noting.
Serbia is not a player in this calculation, but it is an observer with a direct stake. An open and calm Hormuz means more predictable fuel prices and a lower inflationary threat in the second half of the year. A closed or uncertain strait, by contrast, quickly spills onto global exchanges, and then onto household bills at home. The next two to three days, the window Trump set out, will test whether this is a genuine diplomatic breakthrough or yet another announced deadline that will slip. Do you believe the Iran deal will truly be signed within the timeframe Washington has announced?
