Iran's state news agency IRNA stated that until Iran gives full approval, any published text of a potential US-Iran agreement is speculation and not the final version. The statement follows a day of multiple conflicting reports and leaked terms, as The Zioneer previously reported IRNA's own publication of detailed MOU conditions.
Iran's state news agency IRNA issued a statement Monday afternoon asserting that no text published in media outlets constitutes the final version of a potential US-Iran agreement until the Islamic Republic gives its full consent. The statement — posted around 15:00 Jerusalem — directly undermines the authority of IRNA's own earlier leak, which at 14:43 had published what it described as the detailed terms of the MOU, including a 60-day negotiation phase, the exclusion of nuclear and missile issues, and a US commitment to compel Israel to end the war in Lebanon.
The new denial caps a day of extraordinary contradictions within the thread The Zioneer has tracked since 20:56. The sequence began with anonymous Iranian officials claiming ballistic missiles and proxy forces were off the table (v.9, 20:56) and the Foreign Ministry stating the MOU was nearly finalized (v.8, 20:56). Then came a formal denial from Iran contradicting President Trump's claim of a deal (v.6, 20:56), followed by IRNA's own detailed publication of purported MOU terms (v.13, 20:56 — retroactively published at that timestamp, though the actual bulletin came at 14:43 Jerusalem). The agency's latest statement explicitly brands all media-published texts as "communication speculations" that may not reflect the actual agreed text.
As The Zioneer previously reported, Fars News had assessed Tehran was leaning toward approval (23:18 Jerusalem, BACKGROUND) while other Iranian outlets expressed skepticism (14:53 Jerusalem, BACKGROUND). The contradictory signals — IRNA alternately reporting approval, skepticism, and now blanket denial of textual finality — suggest internal Iranian deliberation remains unresolved. The statement does not confirm or deny the existence of a draft MOU, but sets a high bar: only explicit approval from Tehran would validate any version.
What remains unclear is whether the IRNA leak reflected a genuine but non-final working draft, or served as a trial balloon that Tehran is now distancing itself from. No official US or Israeli confirmation of any MOU text has been issued.
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