Trump Urges Eight Middle Eastern Nations to Sign Abraham Accords, Predicts Iran Will Join

The United States brokered the Abraham Accords in 2020, paving the way for Israel to advance normalization with the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Morocco and Sudan. Saudi Arabia’s potential participation is seen as pivotal to reshaping the Middle East’s security, energy and cross-border investment landscape, while also affecting the strategic balance among the United States, Israel and Iran.

U.S. President Donald Trump recently called on eight Middle Eastern countries, including Saudi Arabia, to sign the accords, citing peace and economic cooperation as the main incentives. He also claimed that U.S.-Iran negotiations were progressing smoothly and predicted that Iran could eventually join. The report did not specify the exact deadline for the ultimatum, provide a complete list of the eight countries or disclose the value of any cooperation. The remarks have already triggered marked volatility in crypto-asset flows.