The Memorandum of Understanding regarding Iran ran out on August 17, 2026.
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Bannon`s War RoomAug 17, 2026
Multiple reliable outlets, including Reuters, AP, Al Jazeera and The Jerusalem Post, report that the 60-day window of the US-Iran Memorandum of Understanding expired on Monday, August 17, 2026, with no final deal.
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… Thank you, brother. Appreciate it. God bless. Jim Rickard, before I let you go, uh, I just, Scott Besson has said he's going to take extraordinary measures on the economic war. He's now the chief warlord on the economic war against the Persians, which is the phase that the MOU did run out today. It's not going to be, there's no more negotiation going to go on for a while. Uhm, what does extraordinary measures mean? What is it that we're going to do there we haven't done to the Russians or the Persians so far? …
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Supports. Reuters reports that the MOU signed June 17 gave Iran and the US until Monday, August 17, to reach a final peace agreement, and that Washington ruled out extending the interim ceasefire.[1]
Supports. AP and The Jerusalem Post both report that the 60-day negotiating period expired on August 17 with no deal and no announced extension.[2][3]
Supports. Al Jazeera reports that the June 17 MOU expired on Monday, August 17, 2026, amid faltering talks, and notes the agreement had collapsed earlier with both sides trading strikes.[4]
Context. Some sources say the MOU had already unravelled earlier: Trump declared it 'over' on July 7 and Iran's foreign ministry called it 'suspended'. These reports concern the agreement's collapse, not the date its 60-day period ended.[4][5][6]
Context. Al Arabiya reported that the US and Iran had agreed to extend the ceasefire, but this was not confirmed by other sources, which report no extension.[3]
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6 sources: 2 fact-checkers, 4 not rated
- 1Iran threatens to go on offensive in Strait of Hormuz if ...reuters.com · fact-checker · cited for: supports
- 2Trump threatens Oman as it works on Strait of Hormuz deal ...apnews.com · fact-checker · cited for: supports
- 3US-Iran talks hit impasse as MoU's 60-day deadline expiresjpost.com · not rated · cited for: supports, context
- 4US-Iran Memorandum of Understanding expiresaljazeera.com · not rated · cited for: supports, context
- 5US-Iran MoU expires, with both sides digging in on Hormuznewarab.com · not rated · cited for: context
- 6Iran War Update: August 15–17, 2026jinsa.org · not rated · cited for: context
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