Mohammad Marandi, a member of the Iranian negotiation team, said on Saturday that no deal will be reached in Geneva on Sunday, adding that 'there is still work to do.' The statement contradicts speculation about a breakthrough in U.S.-Iran talks and follows a series of Iranian denials regarding a finalized agreement, as The Zioneer reported earlier.
Negotiator Mohammad Marandi confirmed on Saturday that no deal will be reached in Geneva on Sunday. Writing on social media, he stated: "Nothing will happen in Geneva on Sunday. There is still work to do." The remark follows a series of denials by Iranian officials and state-aligned media over the past week.
On Saturday, a source on the Iranian negotiation team told The Zioneer that claims of a final deal ready for signature were "completely false." Earlier, on Monday evening at 22:56 Jerusalem time, the IRGC-affiliated Fars News Agency published denials, citing a source close to the talks who said a high-level review process was incomplete. The thread shows a coordinated pattern of pushback: first an unnamed source via Fars (version 2), then Fars's own editorial denial (version 3), then a direct Telegram receipt from a team source (version 4), now Marandi's personal dismissal — each sourced to the same orbit of regime-aligned channels.
As The Zioneer reported on June 11 at 22:13 Jerusalem, Marandi earlier dismissed Trump's warnings as "delusions," saying Tehran is prepared for war. Tehran's semi-official outlets have uniformly stated that no progress has occurred in talks, as the desk noted at 21:42 Jerusalem on the same date. The White House has signaled talks continue; President Trump told reporters on June 9 that clarity may emerge "within a day or two."
It remains unverified whether any in-principle draft exists. A senior Israeli source told The Zioneer on background that any eventual signing would be a non-binding memorandum of understanding, not a final accord — a characterization that Iranian denials neither confirm nor address.
6 developments
- DevelopingRevolutionary Guards source tells Israeli reporter they have no intention of keeping US-Iran deal
- DevelopingIRGC denies issuing any threat to fire at Israel
- StrongIRGC: 'We do not betray our allies; the response is on the way'
- StrongIran's IRGC-affiliated Fars: no final US deal yet, even if agreed it won't meet Trump's timeline
Source and signal
- Internal intake