The New York Times reports that Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf and Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi are expected to travel to Geneva to sign an agreement with US Vice President JD Vance, according to Israeli media summaries.
The New York Times now names specific signatories for the US-Iran signing ceremony, according to a summary relayed via Israeli news channels: Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf and Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi will travel to Geneva to sign the agreement with US Vice President JD Vance. The report — attributed to the NYT by an anonymous the source — does not specify a travel time but states the ceremony remains set for Friday, June 19, as Pakistan's prime minister announced earlier.
This latest naming follows a sequence of reports that The Zioneer has tracked since Sunday. At 00:23 Jerusalem, Pakistan's PM confirmed the Friday June 19 Switzerland signing (version 1). By 00:23, separate Iranian sources told the NYT that Ghalibaf and Araghchi would attend in person (version 5), and Geneva was confirmed as the venue with Vance signing (version 6). At 08:50 Jerusalem, The Zioneer cited Iranian officials via the NYT (context item); at 13:45 Jerusalem, Vance told Fox News he and possibly Trump would attend (context item). The sourcing has evolved from a single Pakistan announcement, to Iranian officials citing the NYT, to a Vance on-record interview.
Separately, The Zioneer reported Friday June 12 that a diplomat from a mediating country said the US and Iran had agreed on the deal text, and that US Air Force flights pre-positioned equipment in Europe for a possible Vance trip to Geneva. On Sunday June 14, The Zioneer reported that hardline Iranian protesters had targeted Araghchi and Ghalibaf over the deal.
The report remains at this hour a desk-reviewed report relay of a NYT report, without direct NYT text or independent confirmation. The precise terms of the agreement, the duration of the Iranian delegation's stay in Switzerland, and whether President Trump will attend (as Vance suggested in his interview) remain unconfirmed.
7 developments
- StrongVP Vance says he and possibly Trump will attend US-Iran MOU signing in Geneva
- DevelopingDiplomat: US and Iran agree on deal text, Vance may fly to Geneva for signing
- DevelopingIran's deputy FM: US-Iran talks set for Geneva on Friday to set negotiation terms
- DevelopingPakistan foreign minister heads to Geneva for US-Iran mediation talks
Source and signal
- Internal intake