Middle East crisis live: Trump suggests countries in region should sign Abraham accords recognising Israel under any deal

Trump suggests Saudi Arabia and Qatar sign Abraham accords as part of Iran peace deal

In a new post on Truth Social, the US president, Donald Trump, said that talks with Iran are “proceeding nicely” but reiterated his earlier warning that it will either be a “great deal for all” or there will be no deal at all, raising the prospect of a resumption of attacks on Iran if the peace talks fail.

He went on to say that it should be “mandatory” for certain countries in the region – Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Egypt, Jordan, Turkey and Pakistan – to sign up to the Abraham accords as part of US efforts to reach a deal with Iran.

All of these countries have, to various extents, helped facilitate mediation efforts between Washington and Tehran in the current conflict, with Pakistan taking the lead.

Trump, who said he spoke to mediating regional powers on Saturday, wrote:

It may be possible that one or two have a reason for not doing so, and that will be accepted, but most should be ready, willing, and able to make this Settlement with Iran a far more Historic Event than it would, otherwise, be.

The Abraham Accords have proven to be, for the Countries involved (The United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Morocco, Sudan, and Kazakhstan), a Financial, Economic, and Social BOOM, even during this time of Conflict and War, with the current Members never even suggesting leaving, or taking so much as even a pause.

The UAE and Bahrain signed the Abraham accords during Trump’s first term in 2020, breaking a longstanding taboo to become the first Arab states to recognise Israel in a quarter century.

‘It’s going to be peace in the Middle East’: Trump on historic accords – video

Morocco and Sudan followed, although in Sudan they were not ratified because of internal instability caused by conflict and political turmoil. Kazakhstan said last year it was joining the accords even though it had already established diplomatic relations with Israel in 1992.

Since the signing of the historic agreement, Israel and the UAE in particular have developed close economic and security ties, including defence cooperation and a free trade pact, although there are significant strains in the relationship.

Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has previously expressed a potential willingness to normalise relations with Israel, but Saudi Arabia has said recognition of Israel is conditional on the establishment of a Palestinian state.

Earlier, Iran’s foreign minister Abbas Araghchi issued a statement praising Hezbollah for its ongoing resistance in Lebanon against Israel.

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In a statement on Telegram, Araghchi congratulated the group’s secretary general Naim Qassem, and Nabih Berri, speaker of the Lebanese parliament, in separate messages to mark the anniversary of Liberation Day in Lebanon.

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The anniversary commemorates the Israeli withdrawal from Lebanon in 2000, and Araghchi emphasised Iran’s support for the independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity of Lebanon against Israel.

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“In these messages, Araghchi… emphasized the Islamic Republic of Iran’s continued and resolute support for the independence, sovereignty, and territorial integrity of the Lebanese people and their legitimate resistance against the occupation and aggression of the Zionist regime,” it said.

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Here are some images from Beirut on Monday.

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Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said he will escalate strikes against Hezbollah in Lebanon in order to “crush them”.

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“I have ordered an even greater acceleration of our operations,” Netanyahu said in a video posted on Telegram.

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He accused the Iranian-backed militant group of attacking them with drones.

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“We will intensify our blows, increase our firepower, and we will crush them,” he said.

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This comes after the Israeli military issued an evacuation order for 10 Lebanese towns and villages this morning. Israel has continued striking southern Lebanon regularly, despite a US-brokered ceasefire coming into effect last month.

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Lebanon’s health ministry has said the overall death toll in the war since 2 March to 3,185.

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The strait of Hormuz could open about 30 days after a peace deal is struck between the US and Iran, Tokyo-based financial newspaper the Nikkei is reporting.

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Citing a Middle East diplomatic source, the newspaper reports that Washington and Tehran are discussing a plan that would see the critical waterway open 30 days after an agreement is made, during which Iran would clear mines from the area.

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Ships from all countries would be able to navigate freely, and Iran would stop collecting transit fees, according to the report. Meanwhile, US sanctions would be lifted and Iranian assets unfrozen in stages, and April’s ceasefire would be extended for 60 days to allow for talks on Iran’s nuclear programme.

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This comes after the Iranian foreign ministry said earlier that a conclusion had been reached “on a large portion of the issues under discussion”, but denied that an agreement was imminent.

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The deal has to be approved by Iran’s leadership, including the apparently hard to reach supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei, which could take some time.

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All of these countries have, to various extents, helped facilitate mediation efforts between Washington and Tehran in the current conflict, with Pakistan taking the lead.

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Trump, who said he spoke to mediating regional powers on Saturday, wrote:

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It may be possible that one or two have a reason for not doing so, and that will be accepted, but most should be ready, willing, and able to make this Settlement with Iran a far more Historic Event than it would, otherwise, be.

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The Abraham Accords have proven to be, for the Countries involved (The United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Morocco, Sudan, and Kazakhstan), a Financial, Economic, and Social BOOM, even during this time of Conflict and War, with the current Members never even suggesting leaving, or taking so much as even a pause.

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The UAE and Bahrain signed the Abraham accords during Trump’s first term in 2020, breaking a longstanding taboo to become the first Arab states to recognise Israel in a quarter century.

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Iranian top negotiator Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf and foreign minister Abbas Araqchi are in Doha for talks with Qatar’s prime minister on a potential US-Iran deal to end the conflict, an official briefed on the visit said on Monday.

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The discussions are focused primarily on the strait of Hormuz and Iran’s stockpile of highly enriched uranium, the official told Reuters.

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Iran’s central bank governor is also part of the delegation to discuss the potential release of frozen Iranian funds as part of a final agreement, according to the official.

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In a post on Truth Social, the US president, Donald Trump, has again hit out at US lawmakers who reacted furiously to reports that a proposed deal with Iran contained major concessions from Washington.

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“I laugh at all of the Dumocrats, RINOS, and Fools who know nothing about the potential deal I am making with Iran, things that haven’t even been negotiated yet,” Trump wrote.

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“The deal with Iran will either be a great and meaningful one, or there will be no deal. It will be the exact opposite of the JCPOA disaster negotiated by the failed Obama Administration, which was a direct and open path to a Nuclear Weapon for Iran,” he said, referring to the 2015 deal, known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, to limit Iran’s nuclear enrichment in return for sanctions relief.

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Trump withdrew from that international deal in 2018, saying the agreement was “rotten” and complaining it only limited Iran’s nuclear activities for a fixed period. He has claimed the new deal will be far superior, without saying how.

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The Israeli military issued an evacuation order for 10 Lebanese towns and villages this morning as it continues displacing residents ahead of attacks it says are targeting Hezbollah although many civilians are being killed in them. You can read more information about the latest evacuation order in this post on X.

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Israel has continued striking Lebanon regularly, both south and north of the Litani River in south Lebanon, despite a US-brokered ceasefire coming into effect last month. It says it is targeting Hezbollah sites including weapons storage facilities and command centres.

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Hezbollah, the Iranian-backed Lebanese militant group, has fired rockets and drones into northern Israel and against Israeli troops in southern Lebanon as it rejects pushes for its disarmament and Israeli occupation of some of southern Lebanon.

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According to the Lebanese health ministry, at least 3,111 people have been killed in Israeli attacks since Israel’s renewed war on Lebanon started on 2 March.

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Israel’s deadly air assault – and ground invasion – were in response to Hezbollah firing rockets at northern Israel after the US and Israel killed the former Iranian supreme leader in Tehran on 28 February.

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Iran is pushing for an and to Israel’s war on Lebanon as part of its negotiations with the US. As part of the emerging US-Iran deal, Israel could reportedly be allowed to strike Hezbollah if the militant group instigates or carries out attacks, giving the Israeli military large scope going forward.

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The Iranian foreign ministry spokesperson Esmail Baghaei has been speaking at a news briefing about the contours of a potential deal with the US to end the war.

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“It is correct to say that we have reached a conclusion on a large portion of the issues under discussion,” he said.

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“But to say that this means the signing of an agreement is imminent – no one can make such a claim.”

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A potential deal reportedly includes a 60-day ceasefire extension, reopening the strait of Hormuz to international vessels and a plan for further negotiations over Iran’s much contested nuclear programme.

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However, the deal has to be approved by Iran’s leadership, including the apparently hard to reach supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei, which could take some time.

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Iran’s top negotiator in talks with the US, Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf, has been reelected as the country’s parliamentary speaker, semi-official Fars news agency reported on Monday.

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Hello and welcome to the Guardian’s continuing coverage of the crisis in the Middle East.

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US secretary of state Marco Rubio said on Monday that a deal to end the war with Iran could materialise “today”.

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His comments came after oil prices plunged and Asian shares rose earlier in the day amid optimism that the US and Iran were close to an agreement that might secure a lasting end to the three-month war and reopen the strait of Hormuz. Oil prices hit a two-week low, with Brent crude futures falling 4.5% to $98.83 a barrel by 11.50pm GMT.

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“We thought we might have some news last night, maybe today – I wouldn’t read too much into it,” Rubio said in New Delhi of a potential agreement.

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“We have what I think is a pretty solid thing on the table in terms of their ability to open up the straits,” he said. “It has a lot of support in the Gulf.”

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Rubio’s remarks came after Donald Trump tempered expectations of a deal, saying on Sunday that he had told his negotiators “not to rush”. Negotiations with Iran were “proceeding in an orderly and constructive manner”, the US president said.

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Middle East officials told the Associated Press on Sunday that the US was close to reaching a deal with Iran that would end the war and reopen the strait, a vital conduit for global energy supplies.

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On Sunday Trump said the US blockade on Iranian ships in the Hormuz strait would “remain in full force and effect until an agreement is reached, certified and signed”. “Both sides must take their time and get it right,” he added.

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As details of the possible agreement emerged over the weekend, critics including Trump’s former secretary of state Mike Pompeo said it offered little beyond the 2015 Iran nuclear deal negotiated by former president Barack Obama, from which Trump withdrew during his first term.

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Chris Van Hollen, a Democratic member of the Senate foreign relations committee, said the deal’s reported outlines would amount to little more than “the prewar status quo” with Iran.

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The situation in the Iranian port city of Bandar Abbas is “completely under control” and there is no reason for residents to worry, the state Mehr news agency reported, after explosions were heard in the area earlier.

Further to my earlier post, the Tasnim news agency said three explosions were heard in the Iranian port city of Bandar Abbas, while the Fars news agency said similar sounds were heard close to Sirik and Jask near the strait of Hormuz.

The cause and exact locations of the explosions was unknown.

The Israel Defence Forces said it struck more than 70 Hezbollah sites across Lebanon on Monday.

Around 10 centres, weapons storage facilities and additional infrastructure sites were targeted in the southern Tyre region alone, the IDF said on Telegram.

The Israeli air force also eliminated Hezbollah operatives using motorcycles in southern Lebanon, it said.

Iran’s foreign minister expresses ‘resolute support’ to Hezbollah leader

Earlier, Iran’s foreign minister Abbas Araghchi issued a statement praising Hezbollah for its ongoing resistance in Lebanon against Israel.

Here are some images from Beirut on Monday.

People hold Hezbollah flags while commemorating Israel’s withdrawal from southern Lebanon in 2000, in the southern suburbs of Beirut. Photograph: Raghed Waked/Reuters

Explosions have been heard in the southern Iranian port city of Bandar Abbas, which sits on the Persian Gulf, north of the strait of Hormuz, Reuters reports, citing the semi-official Mehr news agency.

I’ll bring you more on this as we get it.

As we’ve been reporting, the Israeli army intensified strikes in southern Lebanon on Monday, as Israeli prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he had ordered the military to escalate its offensive in Lebanon in an effort to “crush” Hezbollah.

It comes as the United States and Iran seek to finalise the terms of an agreement to end the Middle East conflict, which could include the Lebanon front, where Israel has waged war on Hezbollah since 2 March.

Following the call for escalation, an AFP correspondent reported residents fleeing the southern suburbs of Beirut.

The Israeli air force carried out successive strikes in the Bekaa valley in eastern Lebanon on Monday evening, according to Lebanon’s National News Agency (NNA), and dozens of Israeli strikes earlier targeted several towns and villages in southern Lebanon in the early hours, killing three people in two cars and on a motorcycle.

Israeli airstrikes then targeted several towns near the ancient city of Tyre, according to the state-run agency.

Those strikes came after Israel issued evacuation orders for 10 villages, accusing Hezbollah of breaching the truce.

Later on Monday, it issued another evacuation warning directed at residents of a building in Rashidieh and two buildings in Burj al-Shamali, near Tyre.

A Palestinian woman and girl have been killed in an Israeli airstrike in southern Gaza, according to medical officials.

The strike hit a tent sheltering a displaced family in the west of Khan Younis on Monday, the Kuwait field hospital told the Associated Press. The hospital, which received the casualties, said another girl was wounded.

The Israeli military said it had struck a militant, but gave no further details.

This adds to the more than 880 Palestinians who have been killed since the ceasefire in October, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry.

Israel will ‘crush’ Hezbollah, says Netanyahu

Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said he will escalate strikes against Hezbollah in Lebanon in order to “crush them”.

“I have ordered an even greater acceleration of our operations,” Netanyahu said in a video posted on Telegram.

He accused the Iranian-backed militant group of attacking them with drones.

“We will intensify our blows, increase our firepower, and we will crush them,” he said.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu holds a press conference, amid the U.S.-Israel conflict with Iran, in Jerusalem. He is wearing a blue shirt, red tie and dark suit jacket and is standing in front of an Israeli flag. — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu holds a press conference in Jerusalem on 19 March Photograph: Ronen Zvulun/Reuters

Lebanon’s health ministry has said the overall death toll in the war since 2 March to 3,185.

Strait of Hormuz could open within 30 days of deal – report

The strait of Hormuz could open about 30 days after a peace deal is struck between the US and Iran, Tokyo-based financial newspaper the Nikkei is reporting.

This comes after the Iranian foreign ministry said earlier that a conclusion had been reached “on a large portion of the issues under discussion”, but denied that an agreement was imminent.

The deal has to be approved by Iran’s leadership, including the apparently hard to reach supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei, which could take some time.

A regional diplomat has told Al Jazeera, “The focus of the [Iranian] delegation’s visit to Doha is on issues relating to the strait of Hormuz and highly enriched uranium.”

“The governor of the [Iranian] central bank is part of the delegation to discuss the issue of frozen funds, which is addressed in the [memorandum of understanding] as part of an eventual final deal,” they added. Reuters hears the same, citing an official briefed on the visit.

As we’ve been reporting, Iran’s top negotiator and its foreign minister have been in Doha for talks with Qatar’s prime minister on a potential deal with the US to end the war, after Washington and Tehran played down hopes for an imminent breakthrough.

US secretary of state Marco Rubio told reporters in New Delhi earlier that the US would give diplomacy every chance to succeed before considering whether to deal with Iran in “another way”.

There was a “pretty solid thing on the table in terms of their ability to open up the strait, get the strait open, enter into a very real, significant, time-limited negotiation on the nuclear matter, and hopefully we can pull it off,” he said.

In a lengthy post on Truth Social earlier on Monday, Donald Trump said talks with Iran were going “nicely“, but again warned of fresh attacks if they failed. It “will only be a Great Deal for all, or no Deal at all”, he wrote.

Reuters reports that Iran’s foreign ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei said in a briefing that conclusions had been reached on many topics but that did not mean the sides were close to agreement.

He said earlier that nuclear issues would only be negotiated on if the framework accord is agreed first.

Iran’s sports minister has said that Fifa has promised that the country’s men’s football team will receive visas to play in the US at the World Cup this summer despite the ongoing Middle East war, local media reported on Monday.

As we’ve been reporting, Iran’s participation at the global spectacle has been in question for months because it is being co-hosted by the US, which along with Israel began bombing Iran on 28 February, sparking a wider regional conflict.

“The Fifa president promised us that all our players would receive visas. There is no reason why our players should not receive visas,” said minister Ahmad Donyamali, quoted by local news agency ISNA.

“I hope that all the conditions will be met so that the national team can participate in the tournament in a calm and orderly manner,” he added.

Per our previous posts, the Iranian squad will now be based in Tijuana on the Mexican border with the United States during the tournament.

Mexican president Claudia Sheinbaum on Monday confirmed that the Iranian can be based there to avoid US visa restrictions.

Donyamali said the World Cup hosts had an obligation to provide visas to all participating countries, including for players and backroom staff.

“In Mexico, the Iranian national team is expected to obtain multiple-entry visas issued by the United States,” he said.

Lebanon’s public health ministry has said a total of 3,185 people have been killed by Israel since it renewed its offensive against Hezbollah on 2 March. A further 9,633 people have been wounded, it said.

A bit more on that news regarding Iran’s participation at next month’s World Cup finals in North America.

Mexican president Sheinbaum said football’s governing body Fifa approached her government after the US said it did not want Iran’s squad to stay in the country throughout the tournament, despite Iran playing all three of its group matches there.

“We have no reason to deny them the possibility of staying in Mexico,” Sheinbaum said during her daily press conference.

The White House and the State Department did not immediately respond to a request for comment, Reuters reported. Mehdi Taj, head of Iran’s football federation, said on Saturday the team’s base would be moved from Arizona to the Mexican border city of Tijuana during the tournament.

Taj added that the move would help avoid visa-related complications and that the squad would be able to travel directly to Mexico aboard Iran Air flights.

The Iranian team’s participation in the tournament had been in question since the US and Israel attacked Iran in late February.

Mexican president Claudia Sheinbaum said on Monday her government agreed to allow the Iranian national soccer team to stay in Mexico during the World Cup, adding that the United States did not want to host the team.

The head of Iran’s soccer federation said on Saturday the team’s base will be in the Mexican border city of Tijuana during the tournament.

Plumes of smoke billow from southern Lebanon following Israeli strikes, as seen from Nabatieh earlier today.

Plumes of smoke billow from southern Lebanon following Israeli strikes, as seen from Nabatieh, Lebanon, May 25, 2026. Photograph: Reuters

Saeed Shah

The shock of the Iran war and its fallout has driven rivals in the Middle East to get behind a peace deal, pushing the Trump administration to accept a tentative agreement in the face of furious opposition from Israel and its supporters in Washington.

The diplomatic efforts come as the region is reshaping to adapt to diminished US power after Washington’s inability to land a knockout blow on Iran, force the opening of the strait of Hormuz or safeguard its Gulf allies. Tehran has few friends in the region, but the regime’s survival has meant that its neighbours have had to find an accommodation.

Andreas Krieg, an associate professor at Kings College London, said the Gulf was shocked at the degree to which Washington protected Israel first against Iranian drones and missiles, despite the trillions of dollars of Gulf investment pouring into the US.

“We’re probably seeing the final days of American empire in the Middle East,” he said. “Across the Gulf, there is complete disillusionment with American influence and the ability of America to lead.”

The provisional deal was agreed at the end of last week after Pakistani and Qatari officials travelled to Iran in a final push for an outline agreement between Tehran and Washington. In a call with Trump on Saturday, leaders from a group of eight Muslim-majority nations urged him to accept a deal that would end the war, reopen the strait of Hormuz, and relaunch negotiations on Iran’s nuclear programme.

In the lengthy Truth Social post, Donald Trump said the process should start with the “immediate signing” of the Abraham accords by Qatar and Saudi Arabia, and then “everybody else should follow suit”. He continued:

If they don’t, they should not be part of this Deal in that it shows bad intention. In speaking to numerous of the Great Leaders mentioned above, they would be honored, as soon as our Document is signed, to have the Islamic Republic of Iran as part of the Abraham Accords.

Wow, now that would be something special! This will be the most important Deal that any of these Great, but always in Conflict Countries, will ever sign.

Nothing in the past, or in the future, will surpass it. Therefore, I am mandatorily requesting that all Countries immediately sign the Abraham Accords, and that, if Iran signs its Agreement with me, as President of the United States of America, it would be an Honor to have them also be part of this unparalleled World Coalition.

The Middle East would be United, Powerful, and Economically Strong, like perhaps no other area, anywhere in the World! By copy of this TRUTH, I am asking my Representatives to begin, and successfully complete, the process of signing these Countries into the already Historic Abraham Accords.

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