The United States and Iran are working on a secret proposal to implement the 14-point deal signed this week, including details on how to deal with the future of Iran’s nuclear program, according to three U.S. officials, one regional official and a former U.S. official familiar with the negotiations.
Vice President J.D. Vance on Thursday suggested that anything beyond a memorandum of understanding is at least in part a written agreement, which administration officials have called a “gentleman’s agreement” with Iran.
Officials stressed that a decision is far from final. Iran has not signed the addendum, unlike the memorandum of understanding, raising questions about whether the administration is exaggerating the commitments it extracted from Iran, further highlighting how quickly the fragile political effort to reach a final deal could collapse.
U.S. negotiators chose to move forward with releasing the signed MOU without waiting for Iran’s senior leadership to sign a more detailed proposal on how to implement the 14 points, according to one person familiar with the briefings Trump administration officials gave to Congressional leaders. One reason for this is that they do not want to delay the next stage of negotiations.
CNN was unable to learn many details of the content of the work proposal. Regional officials described the written portion of the proposal as a “working” document that both sides agreed to formalize as the next step. Sources said the deal contains more specifics about what U.S. negotiators are seeking to move forward in negotiations over issues such as Iran’s nuclear program.
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