US Vice President JD Vance said Thursday that President Trump has not yet decided whether to endorse a tentative memorandum of understanding with Iran, and that negotiations are continuing over unresolved language in the draft agreement.
Speaking to reporters at Joint Base Andrews, Vance said the timing and outcome of any presidential sign-off remained uncertain, with the two sides still working through disagreements on specific wording. He described the talks as ongoing and said he could not confirm when or whether Trump would put his name to the document.
The sticking points, Vance indicated, centre on Iran's nuclear programme. Outstanding questions include the disposition of Tehran's highly enriched uranium stockpile and the broader question of Iran's right to enrich uranium going forward. Despite those unresolved issues, Vance said the United States believes Iran is engaging with the process in good faith, at least for now.
He was cautiously optimistic but stopped well short of any guarantee. More progress was needed before the two sides could sit down and resolve the remaining issues, he said, adding that he felt reasonably positive about the trajectory of talks without being able to promise a final outcome.
On the security situation, Vance acknowledged that the ceasefire had not been without incident, characterising the recent exchange of attacks as the kind of turbulence that tends to accompany fragile truces. He said Washington continues to regard the ceasefire as holding, while reserving the right to conduct defensive strikes if necessary. He described periodic flare-ups as an expected feature of ceasefires of this kind rather than a sign of fundamental breakdown.
The comments offered the most detailed public account yet of where the MOU process stands, underscoring that a formal agreement remains some distance away despite the progress reported by multiple sources earlier in the day.
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It won't be. The best we can hoe form, the best., is that Trump agrees the 60 day ceasefire MOU.
