Former US Vice President Mike Pence issued a sharp condemnation of the reported US-Iran memorandum of understanding, stating the terms 'reek of appeasement' and lack any requirement to dismantle Iran's nuclear or ballistic missile programs. According to Abu Ali Express, Pence cited immediate sanctions relief of $3 billion per month, release of $100 billion in frozen assets, and a $300 billion reconstruction fund for Iran as details of the reported framework. The criticism follows a similar statement by Pence earlier today, as The Zioneer reported at 06:57.
Former US Vice President Mike Pence renewed his attack on the reported US-Iran memorandum of understanding Wednesday morning, issuing a second statement within hours that added significant new detail to his criticism. Pence, citing figures carried by Abu Ali Express, said the framework provides for immediate sanctions relief of $3 billion per month upon signing, the release of $100 billion in frozen Iranian assets based solely on 'progress' in negotiations, and a $300 billion international reconstruction fund for Iran — all without any requirement to dismantle Iran's nuclear or ballistic missile programs. The statement comes after Pence's initial broadside at 06:47 Jerusalem, which The Zioneer covered at 06:57; that first version cited a $12 billion upfront figure. The new statement matches and elaborates on the same three financial components — $3 billion monthly, $100 billion frozen assets, $300 billion reconstruction — that Pence cited earlier, now presented as a coherent package.
Pence's first public criticism of the emerging MOU was issued Monday June 15 — a comment The Zioneer published that morning. As The Zioneer reported, Pence stated he does not trust Iran and called the potential agreement 'appeasement.' By the same day's 11:48 Jerusalem bulletin, Pence had specified the same $3 billion monthly relief and $300 billion fund, and criticized the absence of nuclear or missile dismantlement. Today's new statement repeats those same figures and adds the $100 billion frozen-assets release, which was not in the initial version but was present by the 11:48 thread. The fact that Pence is now issuing a second statement within a few hours — both well-sourced via Abu Ali Express — suggests the former vice president is amplifying the attack as the administration continues to defend the framework.
As The Zioneer has reported through a series of bulletins since June 12, the MOU — often called the 'Islamabad Agreement' — remains contested in its details. The administration, through Vice President J.D. Vance, has described it as a general 1.5-page framework, with specific commitments on sanctions relief, a $300 billion reconstruction fund, and a commitment to ending war 'on all fronts,' including Lebanon. Iranian officials, by contrast, have insisted the MOU omits any demand for uranium surrender and excludes Iran's missile program and regional proxies from the agenda.
What remains unresolved: the precise text and legal status of the MOU itself, which both sides describe differently. No official US or Iranian document has been released. The figures Pence cites — $3 billion monthly relief, $100 billion frozen assets, $300 billion reconstruction fund — match those reported by multiple outlets but have not been confirmed by either government.
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