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Sunday, 14 June 2026

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Trump says US-Iran peace deal is expected to be signed Sunday, with immediate reopening of the Strait of Hormuz to global energy shipping

US President Donald Trump announced on Saturday 13 June 2026 that a peace agreement between the United States and Iran is scheduled for formal signing on Sunday 14 June, following more than 100 days of war. Trump stated via Truth Social that the Strait of Hormuz — the narrow waterway between the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman through which a critical proportion of the world's crude oil and liquefied natural gas (LNG) passes — will be reopened to all shipping immediately upon signing. Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif confirmed the deal is expected within 24 hours and that Pakistan is preparing for an electronically signed agreement followed by technical-level talks the following week. Two independent sources corroborate the announcement. The terms reported by Reuters indicate that the US would immediately unfreeze billions of dollars in Iranian assets and lift oil sanctions in exchange for reopening the Strait, with a 60-day delay on discussions about Iran's nuclear programme. Trump denied that the deal favoured Iran, and Vice President JD Vance stated no frozen assets would be released merely for signing. The Strait of Hormuz is the world's most strategically significant oil chokepoint — its closure since the outbreak of hostilities has contributed to elevated global energy prices and disrupted LNG supply chains, with direct knock-on effects for European energy security and UK wholesale gas markets. An immediate reopening would substantially reduce energy market risk premia and ease the headwinds on UK economic growth that have featured in recent macroeconomic commentary.

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The expected signing of the US-Iran peace deal on 14 June 2026 — with the immediate reopening of the Strait of Hormuz — is the single most consequential event for energy markets and sanctions compliance practices this year. City firms advising energy companies, commodity traders, and banks with Middle East exposure face a compressed timeline to update sanctions screens, reactivate supply contracts, and assess force majeure discharge. Simultaneously, the SpaceX $75bn Nasdaq IPO has reset capital markets benchmarks globally, and its founder-controlled governance structure will intensify scrutiny of dual-class share provisions in both US and UK listing regimes. These two macro events — a geopolitical sanctions shift and a record-breaking IPO — are generating immediate fee mandates across energy, capital markets, and regulatory practices simultaneously.

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The US-Iran peace deal signing process: whether the Strait of Hormuz reopens on schedule, whether Iran's nuclear programme deferral holds for 60 days, and whether the US sanctions lift is implemented by executive order or requires Congressional action

The sanctions-lifting mechanism determines the pace at which Iranian oil and LNG contracts can legally resume — if Congressional action is required rather than executive order alone, the timeline extends and the legal uncertainty window for energy and financial services clients widens materially. Energy, banking, and sanctions practices at all major City firms will be on standby alert through this week.

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