While the US and Iran have each expressed optimism that they’re close to an agreement, they’ve supplied differing accounts on what the phrases are — together with when they’re signing the agreement.
Trump says US-Iran agreement will be signed Sunday
President Donald Trump mentioned an agreement with Iran is “scheduled to get signed” on Sunday and would reopen the Strait of Hormuz. NCS’s Julia Benbrook reviews Iran has not dedicated to signing the agreement, and accounts differ on what it will embody.
Here’s what they’ve mentioned:
US President Donald Trump mentioned on Saturday an agreement with Iran “is scheduled to get signed tomorrow,” including that “immediately after it is signed, the Hormuz Strait is OPEN TO ALL.”
He mentioned that “hopefully, this process will all work out quickly, easily, and smoothly” however added that if it doesn’t, “we have the ultimate alternative.”
Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, a key mediator, mentioned that they’re “closer to a peace deal than ever before.” He mentioned on Saturday the phrases of the potential agreement could be finalized in the “next 24 hours.”
However, Iran’s army pressure, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), denied that Tehran would signal an agreement with the US on Sunday and criticized Trump’s “unusual insistence.”
The IRGC described the timeline as a “test for Iran’s negotiating team” and that Trump’s announcement comes “despite Iranian negotiators explicitly stating that the memorandum has not yet been finalized and that signing on Sunday is definitely not happening.”
Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei additionally mentioned Saturday that the signing of the framework will “not be tomorrow,” in accordance to Iran’s semi-official Tasnim News Agency.
“The possibility that it will happen in the coming days is not ruled out,” Baghaei mentioned, in accordance to Tasnim. “However, due to the other party’s instability, we must be cautious about any statements regarding this process.”
NCS’s Mitchell McCluskey, Catherine Nicholls, Mostafa Salem and Julia Benbrook contributed reporting.