New Delhi, June 18 -- US President Donald Trump on Wednesday (local time) signed the US-Iran memorandum of understanding (MoU) at Versailles, France, while attending a dinner for the Group of Seven (G7) leaders, hosted by French President Emannuel Macron.

The MoU, which was initially announced on 14 June, has now set up a 60-day negotiation period towards a final deal over the fate of Tehran's nuclear program, almost eight years after Trump pulled out of an Obama-era nuclear agreement that he viewed as "disastrous" and "one-sided".

According to the Trump administration, the latest MoU is superior to the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) of the Obama administration. The US President has maintained that the MoU will do much more ...