RUSSIA PERSPECTIVE

Moscow, June 15, 2026. The agreement between Washington and Tehran is now declared "complete" by Donald Trump, yet it is the internal American criticism that shapes the dominant framing in Kremlin-aligned media. RT, Russia's primary English-language news outlet, devoted multiple articles to dissenting American voices rather than to the diplomatic dimensions of the accord itself.

Democratic congressman Seth Moulton, member of the House Armed Services Committee, summarized the sentiment of a significant segment within his own party: "This is a capitulation document from Donald Trump to Iran's Supreme Leader. One hundred billion dollars in public funds, 14 Americans killed, and we get an agreement that simply reopens the strait that was already open before Trump launched this war." This formulation — "lose, lose, lose" — has been extensively amplified by RT, which treats it as confirmation that the joint US-Israeli military campaign launched on February 28 failed to achieve its strategic objectives.

On the Israeli side, opposition proves equally sharp. Yair Lapid, former Prime Minister and opposition leader, declared that the agreement "achieves none of Israel's war objectives": the Iranian regime survives intact, the missile program remains functional, and Tehran's nuclear capacity is preserved. For RT, these statements from Tel Aviv reinforce the thesis of an agreement negotiated from a position of weakness.

TASS adopts a more factual register. It reports statements from Kazem Gharibabadi, Iran's deputy minister of legal and international affairs, confirming that "the text of the memorandum of understanding has been finalized" and that formal signing will occur Friday in Switzerland. Gharibabadi specified that lifting the American naval blockade takes effect immediately on June 15, and that negotiations on sanctions, Iran's nuclear program, and Tehran's economic reconstruction plan will proceed within a 60-day window.

Meduza, the independent Russian-language outlet based in Latvia, provides additional perspective via Reuters: an unnamed senior Iranian official reportedly indicated that the memorandum includes a temporary lifting of US petroleum sanctions against Iran and an unfreezing of Iranian assets valued at $25 billion. In exchange, Tehran commits to neither developing nor acquiring nuclear weapons and to refraining from increasing uranium enrichment levels pending conclusion of a final agreement.

Pakistan's role as mediator surfaces across all three sources. Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, cited by RT and TASS, declared that both parties have agreed to the "immediate and permanent cessation of military operations on all fronts, including Lebanon." Trump, meanwhile, ordered via Truth Social the "toll-free opening of the Strait of Hormuz" and lifting the American naval blockade on Iranian ports, complete with the now-famous slogan: "Let the oil flow!"

Republican Senator Lindsey Graham, cited by RT, nevertheless tempered his remarks: he expressed concern that "Iran's vision of the agreement appears to differ from what the American negotiating team is claiming," and called for congressional review of the text. This divergence in interpretation between Tehran and Washington regarding the exact contents of the memorandum remains, according to the sources provided, one of the principal zones of uncertainty at the moment of signing.