Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Jafari-Abadi stated there is no longer anything called the 'Islamabad Agreement' (the current memorandum of understanding), according to a post by security analyst Yair Goldblatt. The statement is the latest in a series of conflicting Iranian signals about the status of the US-Iran MoU.
New: Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Jafari-Abadi said Tuesday evening that there is no longer anything called the 'Islamabad Agreement' (the current memorandum of understanding), according to a post by security analyst Yair Goldblatt. The statement was published at 23:17 Jerusalem.
The comment comes after a day of conflicting Iranian signals. Earlier Tuesday, Jafari-Abadi told N12 that Tehran has no commitments regarding the MoU (The Zioneer, 22:07). Prior to that, Iranian parliament spokesman Ibrahim Raza'i said the MoU no longer exists because the US 'started a war' (The Zioneer, 19:16). The statements follow weeks of contradictory reports from Iranian officials about the status of negotiations with the US under the Islamabad framework.
The Zioneer has reported extensively on the MoU, including a detailed account by the same deputy FM on June 15 claiming the agreement was finalized and would be signed in Switzerland, and Axios reporting on June 12 that the deal would be called the 'Islamabad Agreement.' The current denial marks a sharp reversal from those earlier assertions.
What remains unclear: whether Jafari-Abadi's statement represents official Iranian policy or further internal debate, and whether the MoU process is definitively dead.
2 developments
- DevelopingIranian Deputy FM: US-Iran MOU no longer exists due to US violations
- StrongIranian Deputy FM Details 'Islamabad MoU' Terms, Claims Immediate End to War
- StrongIslamabad MOU Between US and Iran Officially Torn Up, Expired
- DevelopingIranian Deputy FM: MoU drafted in distrust, text to be released only after signing
Source and signal
- Internal intake