Stylistically, the Islamabad Memorandum fits perfectly into U.S. President Donald Trump’s dealmaking and diplomatic record. It's also extremely fragile.
Stylistically, the Islamabad Memorandum fits perfectly into U.S. President Donald Trump’s dealmaking and diplomatic record. It’s also extremely fragile.
U.S. President Donald J. Trump signs a Memorandum of Understanding between the Islamic Republic of Iran and the United States of America at the Palace of Versailles, France on June 17, 2026. French President Emmanuel Macron and First Lady Brigitte Macron of were also in attendance.
Today on The Diplomat’s Asia Geopolitics podcast hosts Ankit Panda (@nktpnd) and Katie Putz (@LadyPutz) take a look at the fragile framework reached between the U.S. and Iran and how it fits stylistically into U.S. President Donald Trump’s dealmaking and diplomatic record.
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Ankit Panda is editor-at-large at The Diplomat and the Stanton Senior Fellow in the Nuclear Policy Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Follow him on Twitter.
Catherine Putz is managing editor of The Diplomat.
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