President Donald Trump retweeted a post by Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi on Friday evening, according to Israeli media reports circulating on Telegram. Araghchi's message stated that 'the Islamabad memorandum of understanding has never been closer' and that details would be shared with the public later. The retweet follows a day of intense back-and-forth between the parties, including Trump's earlier denial of leaked Iranian conditions as 'fake.'
President Donald Trump retweeted a post by Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi on Friday evening, amplifying Araghchi's statement that an Islamabad memorandum of understanding has never been closer. The retweet, first reported by i24NEWS's Barak Betesh and circulated via Telegram, was the latest twist in an unusually public negotiation that seesawed between threats and optimism throughout the day — and quickly prompted analyst speculation that Trump might not fully grasp the intent behind Araghchi's message (as The Zioneer reported at 18:34 Jerusalem).
As The Zioneer reported earlier Friday (18:05 Jerusalem), Trump had dismissed Iranian-proposed conditions for a deal as "complete fake news," while Araghchi simultaneously confirmed that a deal was "closer than ever." By 20:17 Jerusalem, Trump told journalist Barak Ravid that he had demanded Iran publish a clarification and that the Iranians had apologized for releasing false information. The retweet of Araghchi's content — after Trump himself had called Iranian leaks false — underscores the volatile messaging between the parties.
Background attributed to earlier The Zioneer reporting: Trump has described the talks as possibly producing an outcome "within a day or two" (Jun 9, 10:42 Jerusalem), said Iran "wants a deal more than I do" (Jun 11, 23:16 Jerusalem), and threatened to attack if Iran is "stalling" (Jun 10, 19:04 Jerusalem). The Islamabad reference in Araghchi's memorandum has not been explained by either government.
What remains open: No official confirmation of the retweet from the White House or State Department; a single Israeli media source reporting the action could not be immediately corroborated from publicly visible Twitter feeds at the time of drafting.
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