Iran's Fars News Agency reported that a US-Iran memorandum of understanding was nearly finalized two weeks ago, but President Trump inserted additional demands that Iran resisted. Fars says the US has now accepted Tehran's original proposed text, making approval by the Iranian leadership highly likely. Diplomatic correspondent Doron Kadosh relayed the report.
In a further development this evening, Iran's Fars News Agency reports that the United States has now accepted Iran's original proposed draft text for a memorandum of understanding, after President Trump had inserted additional demands that Tehran resisted. According to the IRGC-affiliated outlet, the deal text was nearly finalized two weeks ago, but Iran halted its responses to U.S. inquiries after Trump's additions. The agency now assesses that approval by the Iranian leadership is highly likely, though no final answer has been given.
The Fars report is the latest in a rapid sequence of bulletins The Zioneer has tracked this evening. At 21:15 Jerusalem, Axios reported that Iranian officials told regional states an 'in-principle' agreement had been reached pending approval from Mojtaba Khamenei. By 22:22, Iranian sources assessed the chances of a deal as high. At 22:24, Iran's state-run news agency reported the deal is likely to pass and that Trump is set to speak with Prime Minister Netanyahu tonight. The Fars report, published at 22:16, adds the most detailed timeline yet, attributing the delay in talks to Trump's last-minute demands that were subsequently dropped. Corroboration across multiple Iranian channels has strengthened the thread since the first Axios report, though no U.S. or Western outlet has independently confirmed the revival of the original text.
As The Zioneer reported in earlier context, this evening President Trump told the New York Post the deal has been signed 'almost completely.' Earlier, on June 8, an Iranian source told Al Jazeera that Washington had made unacceptable changes to a draft MOU and that a deal could not proceed without frozen funds and sanctions relief—contradicting the current narrative of a U.S. return to Tehran's original text.
The core remaining open element is official confirmation from either Washington or Tehran. No signing ceremony or formal announcement has been scheduled, and the Mojahemid Khamenei approval flagged by Axios remains unconfirmed.
7 developments
- DevelopingIran's Fars: final decision on US deal framework still under review
- StrongFars: Iran relays reservations on US deal via Qatari mediators, nothing final
- StrongIran's Fars News: Tehran leaning toward approving US deal
- DevelopingIran sent no new proposal to the US, source close to Iranian negotiating team says
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