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Iran says final review of agreement text underway

The Zioneer Intelligence Desk
Iran says final review of agreement text underway

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TL;DR

Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesman said Thursday evening that the country is in the final stages of reviewing the agreement text, with relevant institutions currently meeting to discuss it. The statement, reported by Iranian state channels, continues a pattern of conflicting signals about the status of US-Iran talks.

01 · THE DISPATCH

Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesman stated Thursday evening that the country is in the final stages of reviewing the agreement text and that relevant institutions are meeting to discuss it. This is the latest in a sequence of statements from Iranian officials over the past week offering conflicting assessments of the status of US-Iran talks mediated by Pakistan.

As The Zioneer reported at 20:54 Jerusalem, a spokesman for the Iranian negotiating team said earlier Thursday that timing and place for signing an understanding cannot be determined until a final decision is made within Iran. On Wednesday at 20:43, the ministry had announced negotiations were at an advanced stage with most issues already agreed. On June 11, several Iranian officials issued statements with divergent tones — one warning of a "red line" and another signaling near-completion — while state news agency IRNA cautioned that any published text was speculation.

What remains unclear is whether the current "final review" reflects substantive progress or procedural positioning. The spokesman did not specify a timeline for a decision or indicate whether the full text has been circulated internally.

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