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  "publishedAt": "2026-06-14T09:29:24.000Z",
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  "textContent": "\n\n\n\nIran has not yet made a final decision on whether to sign a proposed agreement with the United States to end the months-long Middle East war, Iranian media reported Sunday.\n\nThe announcement came as Qatari mediators arrived in Tehran, even as the US and Pakistan expressed optimism that a deal could be signed the same day.\n\n### Has Iran made a final decision on the US-Iran deal?\n\nNo. Iran's semi-official Fars news agency, citing a source close to the Iranian negotiating team, said Tehran had neither taken nor announced a final decision on the memorandum of understanding under discussion with Washington.\n\nIran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps also pushed back on US President Donald Trump's timeline, saying the memorandum had not yet been finalized.\n\n### Why did Qatari mediators travel to Tehran?\n\nA Qatari delegation arrived in Tehran on Sunday morning to help facilitate finalization of the agreement, a diplomat familiar with the talks told AFP.\n\nIran's ISNA news agency reported that an adviser to Qatar's foreign minister had been dispatched, while Tasnim news agency said the visit was intended to review the latest developments in the diplomatic process. The diplomat spoke on condition of anonymity given the sensitivity of the negotiations.\n\nPakistan, which has led mediation efforts during the conflict, said Saturday that finalization was expected within 24 hours and that the accord would be signed electronically.\n\n> We are closer to a peace deal than ever before. With finalisation likely expected in the next 24 hours, Pakistan is preparing for the electronic signing of the peace deal immediately after, followed by technical level talks next week.\n>\n> We would like to thank United States of…\n> — Shehbaz Sharif (@CMShehbaz) June 13, 2026\n\n\n\n\nPakistan's Foreign Ministry confirmed the signing was planned for Sunday, and Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said technical-level talks were expected to follow next week. Trump separately said a deal could be signed Sunday and that the Strait of Hormuz would be open to all vessels immediately afterward.\n\n### What does Iran say about the Strait of Hormuz?\n\nDespite diplomatic momentum, tensions in the Strait of Hormuz remained high. Iran has maintained it will retain control over the waterway and, since imposing a blockade earlier in the conflict, has required vessels to obtain permission from its armed forces before transiting the strait. Tehran also established a body to oversee passage and collect tolls.\n\nIranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said Friday that the proposed agreement called for lifting the US naval blockade, but added that administration of the strait would not return to previous arrangements. He described the waterway as one of Iran's main instruments of deterrence. The US military's Central Command said Saturday that Iran launched multiple one-way attack drones targeting commercial vessels in the strait, and that US forces shot down all of them.\n\n### Where do Iran and the US disagree on nuclear enrichment?\n\nIran's nuclear program, particularly its stockpile of highly enriched uranium, remains a central sticking point. Araghchi said the only way to address the stockpile was to dilute it inside Iran, directly contradicting Trump's earlier position that the material would be removed and destroyed. In a social media post Saturday, Trump said the US would eventually obtain what he called the nuclear material and downblend and destroy it, either in Iran or the United States.\n\nIsraeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Trump had assured him that any agreement would include removal of the enriched nuclear material, adding another layer of complexity to the negotiations.\n\n### Who inside Iran opposes the proposed agreement?\n\nHardline figures in Iran have argued the deal would undermine the country's interests and reduce its leverage over the Strait of Hormuz.\n\nPublic skepticism was also visible over the weekend, with Fars publishing footage from the northeastern city of Mashhad showing dozens of protesters demonstrating against the proposed deal outside a foreign ministry building Saturday.\n\nProtesters chanted slogans against Araghchi while waving red and black flags.",
  "title": "Iran says no final decision yet on US deal as Qatari mediators arrive in Tehran"
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