IRAN: Al Hadath-Pakistani Source: Contacts Ongoing To Reach MoU This Week

Saudi state-run Al Hadath posts on X: "Pakistani source to Al-Hadath: Ongoing contacts with all parties to reach a memorandum of understanding during this week." It should be noted that during the course of the Middle East conflict to date, there have been numerous occasions where unnamed Pakistani sources have been quoted in regional outlets claiming that a deal is just around the corner, only for no such agreement to materialise. US President Donald Trump has also (frequently) claimed that a deal between the US and Iran is in the offing. 

• US-based The Media Line reports "Speaking at JFK Airport, President Trump described the negotiations as being in their “final throes” and said there were no major unresolved issues preventing an agreement. He reiterated that any deal would prevent Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons: “We are very close to having a very, very good strong, powerful deal,” he said."
• However, Al Jazeera reported comments from an Iranian official claiming “Washington changed the draft of the memorandum of understanding, and this is unacceptable. Iran will not tolerate such violations and will treat them with great seriousness...An agreement cannot be reached if our frozen funds are not released and sanctions are not lifted.”