Vice President JD Vance said on Tuesday that Pakistan, which has mediated peace negotiations between the United States and Iran, has been pushing to keep the deal’s text under wraps until Friday, but that Washington wants it released as soon as possible.
The vice president’s comments follow multiple reports purporting to show the memorandum of understanding between the U.S. and Iran, but White House communications director Steven Cheung poured cold water on the reports, saying the language does not reflect the MOU.
“[Pakistan] has asked us not to release the full text for a little while,” Vance told CBS News. “It’ll come out at the latest on Friday. We’re actually trying to push them to get it out today because we want to tell the American people what’s in this deal.”
The reported deal calls for an immediate end to all hostilities in the region, including those in Lebanon — which Israel has repeatedly struck, targeting Hezbollah — as well as the immediate opening of the Strait of Hormuz and an end to Iran’s nuclear program.
The U.S. and Iran are set to meet in Switzerland on Friday to sign an agreement, but President Donald Trump attended a G7 summit on Wednesday and said he would restart military operations in Iran if he didn’t like the MOU. The president added that the deal is “very strong” and that no one knows what it says.
