Key events15m agoJD Vance admits US-Iran memorandum of understanding is a 'very general document'The Guardian’s senior international correspondent, Julian Borger, gives his take on the viability of the framework peace deal, which is only the prelude of what is likely to be a fraught period of negotiations including on Iran’s much contested nuclear programme. You can watch our Today in Focus podcast episode here:Will US-Iran peace deal hold? - The LatestJD Vance admits US-Iran memorandum of understanding is a 'very general document'Hello and welcome to the Guardian’s continuing coverage of the US-Israel war on Iran ahead of the expected signing of the framework peace deal in a couple of days. America’s ⁠memorandum ​of understanding (MOU) with Iran ⁠is “a very general document”, the US vice-president, JD Vance, has said, adding that specifics ⁠of the ​deal ‌will be ‌worked out during further ‌negotiations.“The MOU … is about a page and half so it ‌is a very general document,” Vance ​said on CNN on Monday night, as he did the rounds of US networks to talk up the deal. “On a number of ​issues, ​we are ​going to ​have ‌to figure ​this ​stuff out during the technical negotiation phase.”Vance’s comments came as many Republicans on Capitol Hill said they needed more information about the agreement, with some expressing skepticism as they ask the White House for details.“I just don’t know enough about it,” the Senate majority leader, John Thune, told reporters in the Capitol. “Even the people who follow this stuff closely up here don’t know that much about it.”The agreement announced Sunday to end the war on Iran, set for a ceremonial signing Friday in Geneva, is centred around reopening the strait of Hormuz and lifting the US naval blockade in the region, along with financial incentives for Iran if it meets certain benchmarks.Vance ⁠also said nuclear ​inspectors will return ⁠to Iran as part of the deal ⁠with Washington to end ​the war.“In fact, one ‌of the core parts of the agreement is that the IAEA [International Atomic Energy Agency] and the ‌United States are going to help Iran destroy ​the highly enriched stockpile, and that’s something that’s spelled out very clearly” ⁠in the memorandum of understanding the ​US ​and Iran ​had already agreed to, NBC ​News quoted ‌Vance as saying.Flag of the International Atomic Energy Agency outside the entrance of the Vienna International Center in Vienna. Photograph: Lisa Leutner/APWhat the deal specifies about the future of Iran’s nuclear program has not yet been made clear, as the details are still to be revealed publicly and both sides have given different accounts of what has ​been agreed so far.Donald Trump has repeated that “Iran will never have a nuclear weapon” while officials from Pakistan, which mediated the deal, reportedly said talks on the nuclear issue would continue over the next 60 days under the agreement.Trump has said the US could resume attacks on Iran if it failed to reach a nuclear deal. Here are some other key developments: