Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesman told state television that the country's decision-making bodies are meeting now to discuss a memorandum of understanding, but declined to confirm media reports about the document. The spokesman said: 'I cannot confirm the information published in the media regarding the MOU.'
At 20:36 Jerusalem time, Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesman, Ismail Bagaei, told state television that decision-making bodies are meeting now regarding an MOU, while refusing to confirm the specific details reported in the media. A subsequent official remark, reported via N12 at 20:38 and repeated at 20:40, quotes Bagaei stating: "I cannot confirm the information regarding the MOU that has been published in the media." Separately, a senior US official briefed reporters that the exact signing location has not yet been determined, with Europe discussed as a possible neutral venue, and described the past 24 hours as an "all-hands-on-deck operation." Bagaei himself added at 20:38 that Iran is "currently finalizing the details of the MOU internally and awaiting final approval." The thread, as The Zioneer previously reported, has seen a day of conflicting signals from Tehran: Iran's state news agency IRNA said at 15:23 that any published text is speculation until Iran approves, while a senior Israeli source dismissed the expected MOU as a meaningless non-binding document. A separate report by Dror Balazadeh (Channel 14) at 17:48 indicated that the deal had been agreed at the foreign-minister level, but that IRGC commander Ahmad Vahidi had not consented to all points and referred the final decision to Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei, who has not yet approved.
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