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• Potential agreement: Iran has not yet made a final decision on the proposed memorandum of understanding with the US, according to state media, and hardliners have been pushing back at some of the proposals. Qatari mediators flew to Iran this morning to help facilitate the finalization of the agreement.
• Questions remain: The US and Iran have offered conflicting timelines on when an agreement may be signed, with Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps pushing back on President Donald Trump’s announcement that it is scheduled for today. The conflicting messages are the latest in a divergence in accounts between both countries.
• In Lebanon: Meanwhile, Israel says it struck Hezbollah strongholds in southern Beirut in response to fire into northern Israel earlier today. Previous Israeli strikes on Beirut a week ago triggered an Iranian ballistic missile attack on Israel, threatening to undo US efforts to reach a ceasefire with Iran.
Israel informed US in advance of strike on Beirut, Israeli source says
Israel informed the US in advance of a strike on Beirut today, an Israeli source tells CNN.
The source also said that Israel took into consideration that the strike might lead Iran to retaliate with ballistic missile fire against Israel on the day that President Donald Trump said the US and Iran would be signing an initial ceasefire agreement.
The Israeli military last carried out a strike in Beirut one week ago, which triggered Iranian fire directly at Israel and a brief round of fighting. But Trump demanded that both Israel and Iran stop shooting as he pursued diplomacy and said a deal with Iran was close.
Iran had vowed to retaliate to any further Israeli strikes on Beirut or Lebanon. Israel carried out the strikes on the Dahiyeh neighborhood of Beirut after Hezbollah fire crossed into northern Israel.
The source told CNN that the notification from Israel was sent to US Central Command, which has coordinated closely with the Israel Defense Forces.
Iran has not made a final decision on agreement, state media says. Catch up here
Iran has not yet made a final decision on the proposed memorandum of understanding between Washington and Tehran, the country’s state media reported earlier, despite US President Donald Trump’s claim that an agreement would be signed today.
If you’re just joining us, here’s what else has been going on today:
- Conservative factions in Iran are pushing back against some parts of the reported agreement with the US. One prominent hardliner, Mahmoud Nabavian, said that if Iran signs the agreement, “we will effectively become a colony of the United States.”
- Qatari negotiators, in coordination with Washington, flew to Tehran this morning to help facilitate the finalization of the agreement, a source with knowledge of the situation told CNN.
- Israel says it carried out airstrikes on Hezbollah strongholds in southern Beirut in response to fire into northern Israel earlier today.
- US aerial refueling tankers for the war with Iran are jamming Israel’s airports, according to the country’s Minister of Transportation, risking summer flight cancellations.
- Several banks in Iran were hit by a limited cyber-attack yesterday, according to Iran’s secretary of the banking coordination council.
- Elsewhere, Iran’s national soccer team held their last training session in Mexico before they head to Los Angeles for their first World Cup 2026 match scheduled on Monday.
CNN’s Aida Karimi, Charlotte Reck, Tim Lister, Eugenia Yosef, Charbel Mallo, Tal Shalev and Chris Lau contributed to this reporting.
Here is what's on Trump's schedule today
Today is US President Donald Trump’s 80th birthday — and also the day he claimed an agreement with Iran would be signed.
“The Deal is scheduled to get signed tomorrow, and immediately after it is signed, the Hormuz Strait is OPEN TO ALL,” Trump wrote in a Truth Social post yesterday. Iran has since pushed back on that timeline.
Officials are planning for a virtual signing, with the president scheduled to depart for a G7 summit in France early tomorrow. Here’s a look at what’s on his schedule for today:
- Later today, at 5:30 p.m. ET, Trump is expected to attend a family dinner. This will be closed to the press.
- At 7 p.m. ET, Trump will participate in a reception for his Ultimate Fighting Championship event “UFC Freedom 250” at the White House.
- UFC Freedom 250 is then scheduled to get underway at 7:45 p.m. ET, with Trump in attendance. This event will be open to the press.
- Later in the evening, Trump is expected to leave the White House en route to Evian in France for the 52nd G7 Summit.
Limited cyber-attack hit four of Iran's banks this weekend, officials confirm
Several banks in Iran were hit by a limited cyber-attack yesterday, according to Iran’s secretary of the banking coordination council.
Technical investigations confirmed the disturbance was the result of a limited cyber-attack but assured customers that protective measures to safeguard data were actioned immediately, no unauthorized access to customer information occurred and no data was leaked, Alireza Gheytasi said.
The four banks affected - Bank Melli, Bank Tejarat, Bank Saderat, and the Export Development Bank of Iran – have since had much of their services restored with the rest expected to be back up-and-running today.
But some disruption to activity is expected to continue.
Some context: Access to the internet in Iran has been almost entirely restricted since the conflict with the US and Israel started on February 28, hindering Iranians in day-to-day tasks and making communication with family and friends in the country and abroad difficult.
A closer look at Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps
Iran’s military force, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), denied yesterday that Iran would sign an agreement with the United States as soon as today, criticizing US President Donald Trump’s “unusual insistence” on signing the agreement today.
Some analysts have said that powerful security bodies such as the IRGC have likely been directing Iran’s wartime strategy during the current conflict.
What is the IRGC? The IRGC is an elite wing of the Iranian military established in the aftermath of Iran’s revolution in 1979 as a parallel security institution to the national army. The group’s goal was to protect the revolutionary government and its leaders, although it grew to be seen as a deep state more powerful than the army and one with a vast business empire.
What do they do? The Revolutionary Guard chief reports directly to the supreme leader. The IRGC holds deep influence over domestic politics and the economy, with interests extending to and beyond the construction, telecommunications, auto and energy industries.
In 2009, its Basij subgroup cracked down on anti-government demonstrations and helped secure the position of hardline then-President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
Designated “terrorists”: Trump officially designated the IRGC a terrorist group in 2019. Iran’s Supreme National Security Council then declared the US a “state sponsor of terrorism” and American troops operating in the region as “terrorist groups,” according to IRNA, Iran’s state-run news agency.
US allies in the region also consider the Revolutionary Guards a major security threat, with Bahrain and Saudi Arabia adding the IRGC to their terror lists in 2018. The European Union declared the group a terrorist organization this year after Iran’s violent crackdown on anti-government protests.
CNN’s Leila Gharagozlou, Adam Pourahmadi, Nadeen Ebrahim and Tamara Qiblawi contributed to this report.
Dissent grows against deal in Iran – but regime is likely to have final say
As a possible US-Iran agreement edges closer, signs of dissent have emerged in Iran – but voices opposing an agreement with the United States have always existed inside the Islamic Republic. The real question is whether they are strong enough to derail the impending signing or even sabotage future negotiations aimed at reaching a comprehensive deal.
The Iranian nezam – or regime – including the supreme leader, the president, the foreign minister, the parliament speaker, and the military, has made a point of showcasing unity, including in its efforts to negotiate a diplomatic resolution with US President Donald Trump.
Yet core elements of the Islamic Republic – including the state broadcaster, veteran conservative politicians and protesters who claim victory in their war against the US and Israel – have intensified their efforts against any agreement, which they view as surrendering the gains from the war.
The hardliners have even mobilized protests against any agreement, organizing a large demonstration planned for tonight outside the foreign ministry targeting Iran’s top diplomat and lead negotiator, Abbas Araghchi, in open defiance of calls for unity.
Contrary to the narrative commonly pushed, Iran has its own distinct political discourse. Diverse factions, representing a range of views and backed by their own media outlets, are permitted to operate within the structures of the state – as long as they do not challenge the foundational elements of the Islamic Republic, primarily the supreme leader.
And just as there are voices in the US and Israel opposing any agreement with Tehran, Iran has its own dissenting factions. While they stop short of directly challenging the supreme leader, these voices are now bold enough to claim that he himself has been duped into the agreement.
Nevertheless, it is still widely believed that, at the end of the day, the regime’s decision will ultimately be implemented – regardless of how loud these dissenting voices become.
Israel strikes Beirut again after Hezbollah fire across border
Israel says it carried out airstrikes on Hezbollah strongholds in southern Beirut in response to fire into northern Israel earlier Sunday, the latest flashpoint in a fragile ceasefire.
The Israel Defense Forces said they had “attacked terrorist targets of the Hezbollah terrorist organization” in southern Beirut “in response to Hezbollah’s firing into Israeli territory.”
Images showed damage to an apartment building in the Dahiyeh neighborhood, a Hezbollah stronghold.
Israel last carried out strikes on Beirut a week ago, when Netanyahu said: “We will not allow firing on our territory or on our communities, and we will act accordingly.”
Earlier this month, the US mediated a new fresh ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon under which Israel committed not to target Beirut if Hezbollah did not target Israeli civilians. Hezbollah rejected the new agreement.
What happened last time: The latest strikes mark the fourth time Israel has attacked Beirut since a previous ceasefire with Lebanon went into effect in mid-April.
The previous Israeli strikes on Beirut one week ago triggered an Iranian ballistic missile attack on Israel, threatening to undo US efforts to reach a ceasefire with Iran.
Tehran has since vowed to respond to any Israeli attack on Lebanon but has so far held its fire after Trump demanded that both Israel and Iran stop targeting each other.
The US and Iran have given different accounts of what the agreement may include
As we’ve been reporting, the US and Iran have offered differing timelines on when they believe an agreement between them could be signed.
This is not the only thing they disagree on — both parties have also shared different information on what the terms of the agreement may be.
While CNN has not seen the text of the memo itself, here’s what a diplomat briefed on the negotiations, a Trump administration senior official and Iranian officials and media outlets have said about it:
- Strait of Hormuz: The US official said the strait would reopen and the blockade of Iranian ports lifted, while the diplomat specified that Iran would not be allowed to charge transit fees and that traffic through the waterway would return to prewar levels 30 days after the signing of the agreement. Iran’s Foreign Minister said Friday that the strait would not return to how it operated before the war and said the regime would not charge tolls but “service fees” for transiting the waterway.
- Nuclear material: In the agreement, Iran would pledge not to obtain a nuclear weapon, the diplomat said. The US official also said that Iran’s nuclear material would be destroyed and removed. Meanwhile, Iranian state media reported that the country won’t immediately undertake any new commitments, and will only engage in nuclear talks during the 60-day negotiation period following the signing of the memorandum.
- Frozen funds: The senior US official told CNN that “none of Iran’s money (is) to be released until they perform,” though Iranian state media said that $24 billion of Iran’s frozen funds will be released as part of the agreement – half of which must be made available immediately upon signing. The diplomat did not say whether the framework would include the release of the funds.
- War reparations: Iranian media has also highlighted a reconstruction fund of at least $300 billion, portraying it as compensation for damage sustained during the war. The US official and the diplomat’s accounts make no mention of such a provision.
- Israel and Lebanon: Despite neither Israel nor Hezbollah being directly involved in the negotiations, Iranian media has reported that the document addresses an end to the war on all fronts, including Lebanon. The diplomat also said a 60-day ceasefire would take place “on all fronts.” Israel, however, has repeatedly said it will continue striking Hezbollah.
CNN’s Kristen Holmes, Mostafa Salem, Nadeen Ebrahim and Kevin Liptak contributed to this report.
People in Lebanon react to prospect of agreement between US and Iran
People in the Lebanese capital of Beirut have been responding to news of a potential agreement between the US and Iran amid continued clashes between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon.
“We hope, God willing, that the US-Iran agreement is reached, and the situation passes, and a ceasefire starts,” Beirut resident Mahmoud Shair told the Reuters news agency.
You can see more reactions in the video above.
Some context: Despite neither Israel nor Hezbollah being directly involved in the negotiations between the US and Iran, sources say the draft includes commitments affecting both parties, such as a ceasefire that includes Lebanon.
The arrangement appears to rely on Washington and Tehran to secure compliance from their respective partners. Israel, however, has repeatedly said it will continue striking Hezbollah.
US tankers for the war are jamming Israel's airports, risking summer flight cancellations
US aerial refueling tankers for the war with Iran are jamming Israel’s airports, according to the country’s Minister of Transportation, risking summer flight cancellations
In a letter to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Minister Miri Regev warned that up to 2.4 million flight tickets for the summer travel season may have to be cancelled. The country has until Tuesday, she warned, or else passengers will have to be notified of the cancellations.
“This is a direct economic damage of billions of shekels to airlines, the tourism industry, and the economy,” Regev wrote in the letter. She also warned the cancellation of tickets will damage “national morale and civil resilience.”
About 72 US military tankers are currently parked at Tel Aviv’s Ben Gurion International Airport, occupying more than half of the spaces for airplanes.
At Ramon International Airport in southern Israel, approximately 26 tankers take up some 90% of the available spots. Meanwhile, Regev said that not a single US tanker is parked at Israel’s military airbases.
Regev said an “immediate” fix is to move at least 30 tankers either out of the country or to military bases.
An Israeli official told CNN: “We are full of appreciation for the Americans and want them to stay here; we just want to distribute the burden across the country.”
Hardliners in Iran push back on potential US agreement
Conservative factions in Iran are pushing back against some parts of the reported deal with the United States.
US President Donald Trump has suggested a memorandum would be signed today – his 80th birthday. But there’s been no confirmation from Tehran that a final text has been agreed.
“If we want to carry out even the smallest amount of uranium enrichment, we would first have to obtain permission from the United States—even for purposes such as producing medicine or electricity,” Nabavian added.
Nor was it clear when Iran would benefit from the release of its frozen assets overseas or sanctions relief, he added.
“The more signals of weakness we send, the closer war comes to us,” Nabavian said in a television interview.
The text of the agreement has not been officially released.
Several media outlets in Iran have warned against disunity.
The newspaper Javan, seen as close to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), said some speakers at public rallies were ignoring the instructions of Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei and were “acting to scatter the seeds of schism and division among the people.”
Participants at one rally in Tehran on Saturday demanded the resignations of Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi and Iran’s chief negotiator Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, according to social media videos.
They recalled the assassination at the beginning of the conflict in February of Khamenei’s father – the previous Supreme Leader – with the chant: “Ghalibaf, Araghchi—what about my Leader’s blood?”
Ali Rabiei, an official close to President Masoud Pezeshkian, pushed back Sunday, warning against creating “artificial narratives.”
Iran yet to make final decision on framework agreement with US, state media report
Iran has not yet taken a final decision regarding the proposed memorandum of understanding between Washington and Tehran, state media reported.
A source familiar with the matter said that an examination of the political, legal, and technical aspects of the proposal is still under way, the semi-official news agency FARS reported.
FARS also reported that various features of the proposal are being reviewed at both expert and decision-making levels, and all potential implications are subject to careful evaluation.
How we got here: Uncertainty over when a possible agreement between Iran and the United States will be signed began Saturday following when Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shebaz Sharif, who has played an integral role in the mediation between the two nations, suggesting terms could be finalized in the “next 24 hours.”
US President Donald Trump gave similar optimism soon after with a post on Truth Social Saturday, stating that an agreement “is scheduled to get signed” on Sunday.
But the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) pushed back, saying the signing would not take place Sunday, criticizing Trump’s “unusual insistence” on signing today - which is also his birthday.
The risks that could lay ahead in any US-Iran agreement
There is suddenly newfound optimism about the Trump administration reaching an agreement with Iran to extend the ceasefire and to start to bring the war to an end — and not just inside President Donald Trump’s head this time.
Even Iran’s foreign minister says an agreement “has never been closer.”
But it’s important to note that, even if there’s good reason for the optimism, this would not be a peace deal, in and of itself. It’s the first step in a much longer process.
Getting here was likely the easier part; what comes next will be even harder.
The interim agreement under discussion would essentially involve the two sides coming to terms on some of the easier points — like ending Iran’s throttling of the Strait of Hormuz and the nearby US blockade — while setting a 60-day clock and a set agenda for resolving the more difficult ones.
The Trump administration is also claiming Iran has agreed to some very big concessions, but Iranian media is pitching a much different version of a tentative agreement.
Friday morning reinforced the fraught nature of what lay ahead. After media outlets connected to the Iranian government reported details of a potential agreement that looked very favorable to Tehran, Trump ripped into its leaders as “very dishonorable people to deal with,” with whom “there is no such thing as dealing in good faith.”
So what would Trump be trying to iron out with his irredeemably dishonest counterparts?
Take a look at some of the potential sticking points here.
What to know about Iran's nuclear program
When US President Donald Trump said an agreement with Iran is “scheduled to be signed” on Sunday, he added that “when all is calm, we will go in and get the Nuclear Dust, buried deep under the powerful sunken granite mountains.”
Iran has spent decades developing its nuclear program. It maintains the program is solely for peaceful energy purposes and plans to build additional nuclear power plants to meet domestic energy needs and free up more oil for export.
Nuclear plants require a fuel called uranium – and according to the UN nuclear watchdog International Atomic Energy Agency, no other country has the kind of uranium that Iran currently does without also having a nuclear weapons program.
President Dwight Eisenhower’s “Atoms for Peace” program was a deal between the US and developing nations, which unknowingly laid the foundations for one of the most controversial nuclear programs in the world. CNN’s Leila Gharagozlou reports.
Here’s what else to know about Tehran’s nuclear program:
When it began: The US launched a nuclear program with Iran in 1957. Back then, a Western-friendly monarch ruled Iran. Since the Islamic Revolution in 1979, Western nations have worried the country could use its nuclear program to produce atomic weapons.
Why it’s controversial: In the early 2000s, international inspectors announced that they had found traces of highly-enriched uranium at an Iranian plant. Iran temporarily halted enrichment, but resumed it in 2006. It prompted international sanctions against the country. After years of negotiations, Iran and six world powers in 2015 agreed to a deal that limited Iran’s nuclear threat in return for lighter sanctions. In 2018, Trump pulled out of the deal and initiated new sanctions to cripple the Iranian economy.
Whether Iran has nuclear weapons: It’s unclear how close Iran might be to actually building a nuclear bomb, if at all, but it has made significant progress in producing the key ingredient: highly-enriched uranium. After Trump withdrew from the nuclear deal in 2018, Tehran said it would stop complying with parts of the agreement, and started increasing uranium enrichment and uranium stockpiles. It also removed all of the IAEA equipment previously installed for surveillance.
Where things stand: Iran in recent weeks has escalated efforts to seal off its uranium cache, according to sources familiar with US intelligence. In mid-May, the US military was prepared to conduct an operation to seize the nuclear material that was ultimately deemed to be too high-risk, CNN previously reported. Trump hit pause after being warned it would likely prompt severe Iranian retaliation and concern about the potential for a significant number of US casualties, sources said.
CNN’s Mostafa Salem, Helen Regan and Lou Robinson contributed reporting.
"Until our last breath, for Iran": Soccer team vow to do their best ahead of World Cup opener
Iran’s national soccer team held their last training session in Mexico before they head to Los Angeles for their first World Cup 2026 match scheduled on Monday.
“Until our last breath, for Iran,” players, coaches and officials chanted loudly as they formed a ring on the pitch, as seen in a video shared by Iran’s semi-official Tasnim News Agency on Sunday.
The team are, for now, based in Tijuana and will have to commute to the United States for their World Cup matches, after the US denied visas to 15 Iran Football Federation officials, according to Reuters.
The Iranians were originally supposed to be based in Tucson, Arizona.
Iran are scheduled to face New Zealand on Monday and Belgium on June 21. Both matches take place in Los Angeles. They will meet Egypt in Seattle on June 26.
Source: Qatari negotiators head to Iran to help with agreement finalization
Qatari negotiators, in coordination with the United States, have flown to Tehran Sunday morning to help facilitate the finalization of the agreement, a source with knowledge of the situation told CNN.
The delegation held consultations with Iranian officials, reported the semi-official Tasnim News Agency.
The latest meeting comes as the US and Iran have offered differing accounts of the terms of the potential agreement, including when they will sign the memorandum of understanding. Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps has pushed back President Donald Trump’s announcement that the agreement will be signed on Sunday.
Iranian and Qatari officials also met in Tehran earlier in the week, where Iran presented its draft of the proposed agreement through the mediators, according to a source.
This post has been updated with additional information.
Slain supreme leader Khamenei's funeral to take place from July 4, Iranian media says
The death of Supreme Leader Ali Hosseini Khamenei stunned Iranians, many of whom had never known anything but his authoritarian leadership.
Now, more than three months after he was killed at the start of the US-Israeli war, the date of his burial has been announced.
The funeral will begin in the country’s capital of Tehran on July 4, with the burial set to take place on July 9 in the northeastern city of Mashhad, Iranian state media reported Saturday.
The burial ceremony will comprise of a two-day farewell to the slain former leader in Tehran and a funeral procession through the capital. A second funeral procession will be conducted in the holy city of Qom the following day.
A final commemorative procession will be held in Mashhad on July 9 before Khamenei’s remains are buried in the holy city’s sacred shrine.
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was Iran’s hardline supreme leader who ruled the country for almost four decades before he was killed in joint US-Israeli strikes at the beginning of the conflict on February 28. His death sparked celebration among Iranians who opposed his rule and despair from pro-regime loyalists.
Khamenei was succeeded by his second son, Mojtaba Khamenei, a little over a week later by the 88-member Assembly of Experts. The elevation of Mojtaba was considered an act of defiance by the Islamic Republic, after US President Donald Trump deemed him an “unacceptable” choice during deliberations.
Since his appointment, Mojtaba has issued various purported messages to the people of Iran, but has yet to be seen in public.
The US downed Iranian drones in recent days as both sides signaled optimism on agreement
Despite the US and Iran both signaling that a prospective agreement between them could be close, Tehran has continued to target vessels in the Strait of Hormuz, according to Washington.
On Thursday, US President Donald Trump announced a “great settlement” that could resolve the war, suggesting it would be finalized in the coming days.
That evening, however, the US military shot down two Iranian attack drones that were targeting vessels in the Strait of Hormuz, according to a US defense official.
Trump said in a social media post that Iran’s continued targeting of ships in the strait was “TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE.”
US Central Command also announced early Saturday morning local time in Iran that US forces had shot down “multiple one-way attack drones” that had attempted to “strike commercial ships transiting the Strait of Hormuz.”
CNN’s Kaanita Iyer, Lauren Kent and Michael Williams contributed to this reporting.
Why officials are planning for virtual signing of the US-Iran agreement
Plans to sign the memorandum of understanding virtually came together over the last day to cement the agreement quickly and avoid any eleventh-hour spoilers, officials familiar with the matter said.
While President Donald Trump said last week he expected the signing to occur in person in Europe, with Vice President JD Vance attending for the US, those plans did not come to pass.
That is due in part to complications over schedule. The president and vice president do not travel abroad simultaneously for security and continuity purposes, and Trump is scheduled to depart for a G7 summit in France early Monday. Getting Vance to and from a signing event in Europe in time for Trump to depart would have been difficult.
Instead, an electronic signing was offered to get the agreement finalized. The fear among some of the mediators is that the longer it goes unsigned, the greater the likelihood that something upends progress or one or both sides reneges, according to a person familiar with the matter.
As it stands, Washington and Tehran have each offered somewhat conflicting accounts of what is in the agreement, including what financial relief Iran will see. Whether those disputes are merely differences in public messaging, or reflect something deeper that could cause the agreement to collapse, remains unclear.
What the US and Iran have said about when they're signing an agreement
While the US and Iran have both expressed optimism that they are near an agreement, they have offered differing accounts on what the terms are — including when they are signing the agreement.
President Donald Trump said an agreement with Iran is “scheduled to get signed” on Sunday and would reopen the Strait of Hormuz. CNN’s Julia Benbrook reports Iran has not committed to signing the agreement, and accounts differ on what it would include.
Here’s what they have said:
US President Donald Trump said on Saturday an agreement with Iran “is scheduled to get signed tomorrow,” adding that “immediately after it is signed, the Hormuz Strait is OPEN TO ALL.”
He said that “hopefully, this process will all work out quickly, easily, and smoothly” but added that if it doesn’t, “we have the ultimate alternative.”
Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, a key mediator, said that they are “closer to a peace deal than ever before.” He said on Saturday the terms of the potential agreement could be finalized in the “next 24 hours.”
However, Iran’s military force, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), denied that Tehran would sign an agreement with the US on Sunday and criticized Trump’s “unusual insistence.”
The IRGC described the timeline as a “test for Iran’s negotiating team” and that Trump’s announcement comes “despite Iranian negotiators explicitly stating that the memorandum has not yet been finalized and that signing on Sunday is definitely not happening.”
Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei also said Saturday that the signing of the framework will “not be tomorrow,” according to Iran’s semi-official Tasnim News Agency.
“The possibility that it will happen in the coming days is not ruled out,” Baghaei said, according to Tasnim. “However, due to the other party’s instability, we must be cautious about any statements regarding this process.”
CNN’s Mitchell McCluskey, Catherine Nicholls, Mostafa Salem and Julia Benbrook contributed reporting.
