Iran-US peace MoU could be signed "in the coming days": Iranian FM spokesman

Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei on Saturday ruled out the possibility of signing a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the United States within the next 24 hours, but indicated that such an agreement could be signed "in the coming days", according to reports from Iran's semi-official Tasnim news agency and the Iranian Students' News Agency.

Tasnim's Saturday post on X cited Baghaei that Iran currently has no plans for its negotiating team to travel to Geneva or elsewhere in the next day or two to sign an agreement.

The spokesman stressed that the MoU "will merely serve as a framework for continuing talks" and should not be considered as "a final agreement", according to report posted on its English-version website by the Iranian Students' News Agency.

"The issues being negotiated are highly complex," with the current stage mainly focusing on ending the war and tensions, said him in the report.

On the nuclear issue, negotiations and specialized discussions are set to continue over a 60-day period, the report cited Baghaei.

Regarding Iran's frozen assets, he said, the unfreezing of Iran's national assets will be an inseparable part of any understanding, according to the report.

Baghaei noted that lifting hostile U.S. actions against Iranian vessels, issues related to the Strait of Hormuz and certain other matters are among the items being discussed at the current stage.

He added that, based on past experience, Iran would approach the diplomatic process with skepticism and caution, and would take necessary reciprocal measures if the opposing side failed to honor its commitments.

Over recent weeks, Iran and the United States have exchanged several peace proposals through Pakistan's mediation and have been working to finalize an MoU to end the war.

Earlier on Saturday, Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif wrote on social media platform X that a peace deal between the U.S. and Iran is expected to be finalized within the next 24 hours, and that Pakistan is preparing for the electronic signing of the peace deal immediately after.

U.S. President Donald Trump subsequently reposted Sharif's tweet on his social media platform Truth Social.

Iran-US peace MoU could be signed "in the coming days": Iranian FM spokesman

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Saturday that a peace deal with Iran is scheduled to be signed on Sunday and that the Strait of Hormuz will reopen immediately afterward.

"The Deal is scheduled to get signed tomorrow, and immediately after it is signed, the Hormuz Strait is open to all," Trump said in a post on Truth Social.

Trump also claimed that Iran now "no longer wants a nuclear weapon" and suggested the United States will work with Iran to remove enriched uranium at an "appropriate time."

He said the signing of the deal would make U.S. relations with Iran "different and better," but warned that "we have the ultimate alternative" unless the process moves forward "quickly, easily and smoothly."

Pakistani Foreign Minister Mohammad Ishaq Dar also said Saturday that an electronic signing ceremony of the U.S.-Iran deal is scheduled for Sunday, after Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said earlier on the day that the United States and Iran had agreed on a peace deal framework and were expected to sign it shortly. Pakistan has been mediating the U.S.-Iran peace negotiations.

However, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baqhaei reportedly denied that a memorandum of understanding (MoU) between Iran and the United States to end the conflict would be signed on Sunday, citing what he described as "the other side's hesitation."

Baqhaei also stressed that any potential MoU between Iran and the United States "would merely serve as a framework for continuing talks" and should not be regarded as "a final agreement."

He added that discussions on the nuclear issue are expected to continue over a 60-day period, according to Iranian state media reports.

Trump says US-Iran peace deal to be signed Sunday