Combined images of (From L to R) Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi and Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty.
Abdelatty welcomed the agreement as an important step toward reducing regional tensions, expressing hope it would prove a turning point for security and stability and open the door to resolving outstanding issues through dialogue and diplomacy.
He also praised the coordination among regional and international partners that helped produce the outcome and called for a final, sustainable agreement that addresses all parties' concerns, according to a foreign ministry statement.
Araqchi used the call to thank Egypt for its behind-the-scenes role over recent months, saying that high-level Egyptian contacts had helped narrow differences and clear obstacles in the negotiation process, creating conditions conducive to the breakthrough.
The Islamabad MoU, as it is formally known, was primarily brokered by Pakistan, with Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Egypt also facilitating negotiations.
US President Donald Trump and Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian signed the agreement remotely on 17 June, establishing a 60-day window to negotiate the final terms of a deal.
The 14-point document spells out provisions for ending hostilities that broke out in late February, reopening the Strait of Hormuz, easing certain financial restrictions on Iran, and sets out expectations for addressing Iran's nuclear program during future technical talks.
The memorandum sets up a two-month sprint toward a longer-term deal over the fate of the Iranian nuclear program, since Trump's 2018 withdrawal from the Obama-era Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), which he viewed as flawed and one-sided.
Unlike the JCPOA, the new deal is a preliminary framework rather than a detailed final agreement running to hundreds of pages.
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