A senior US administration official said the US expects to sign a deal with Iran in the coming days and will receive all enriched uranium, according to i24NEWS. Separately, Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesman told state TV that decision-making bodies are meeting regarding the MOU but said he could not confirm media reports about it.
A senior US administration official told i24NEWS this evening that the US expects to sign a memorandum of understanding with Iran in the coming days and receive all enriched uranium from Tehran. The statement, which diverges from the official's own earlier briefings, lands at a moment of acute contradiction in the public messaging of both sides.
Earlier today, beginning at 16:55 Jerusalem, The Zioneer published a rapid succession of versions of the story. In versions 1 through 7, a single anonymous senior US official — cited variously via Fox News, Reuters, Israel Hayom, Adamker, and i24NEWS — reported increasingly detailed terms: destruction and removal of all enriched uranium, dismantlement of the nuclear program, reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, a ban on Iranian terror financing, and no sanctions relief until compliance. But by version 7, at 16:55, the same official told Reuters the deal would accept enriched uranium remaining inside Iran under supervision — directly contradicting the earlier destruction-and-removal claim. The official's latest statement to i24NEWS reverts to the original line, saying the US will receive all enriched uranium. The source quality has not changed: all versions rely on a single anonymous US official, with no Iranian corroboration.
As The Zioneer reported at 20:02 Jerusalem, three sources told i24NEWS that Iran is messaging a version of the MOU that does not require it to hand over enriched uranium, demands Israeli withdrawal from Lebanon, omits mention of Iran's proxies, and envisions the release of frozen assets and a $300 billion investment fund. At 20:37, The Zioneer reported that Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesman denied the media reports on the MOU's details, saying decision-making bodies are still meeting. The desk has previously reported, on June 11 at 23:26 Jerusalem, that Iran said supreme authorities would decide.
What remains open: the Iranian decision-making process is ongoing, with no formal announcement. The US official's competing statements within hours — first 'destroy and remove,' then 'accept remaining under supervision,' then 'receive all' — remain entirely unverified by any on-record source or document. Which version, if any, reflects the actual signed text is unknown.
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