Iran rejected reports suggesting a deal had been concluded and said that Iranian authorities had not yet completed their review of the proposed text.
Iranian officials said late Thursday that major portions of a draft framework agreement between Iran and the United States aimed at ending the war have been completed, but cautioned that the text still requires approval by senior decision-makers in Tehran and that no final deal has been reached.
Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei was cited by state-run Press TV and state-affiliated Tasnim News Agency as saying that major sections of a potential memorandum of understanding were nearing completion despite what he described as repeated disruptions caused by shifting U.S. positions and military pressure.
“Textually, the text has almost been finalized in its major parts. The problem is that the contradictory positions of the United States have always caused turbulence and disruption in this process,” Baghaei said, according to Press TV.
The remarks came after U.S. President Donald Trump declared that a U.S.–Iran agreement was close and could be signed within days.
“We just made a great settlement of the war with Iran,” Trump told reporters during an Oval Office event on June 11.
“And we’re going to be, subject to finalization of documents, which should get done over the next few days, probably have a signing, maybe in Europe.”
Trump said Iranian leader Mojtaba Khamenei had approved the agreement and that he was cancelling planned military strikes against Iran because negotiations had advanced to the final stage.
“Based on the fact that discussions with the Islamic Republic of Iran have been brought to the highest level of Iranian leadership and approved, I have, as President of the United States of America, cancelled the scheduled strikes and bombings against Iran this evening,” Trump wrote on Truth Social.
The president also said Vice President JD Vance would attend a possible signing ceremony in Europe on behalf of the United States.
By Tom Ozimek
