Trump says Iran deal to be signed tomorrow, contradicting Iranian official

Both sides have indicated a deal to end the war is close, but they have diverged on the details and timeline for a breakthrough.United States President Donald Trump has said an initial agreement to end the US-Israeli war with Iran is “scheduled to get signed tomorrow”.But that announcement, made on Trump’s Truth Social account on Saturday, contradicts an earlier statement by Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3Trump seeks ‘off-ramp’ from war in ‘Iran deal’list 2 of 3Five killed as Israel hits south Lebanon, issues forced displacement orderslist 3 of 3Iran announces funeral, burial dates for late Supreme Leader Khameneiend of listIn remarks carried by Iran’s IRNA news agency, Baghaei said a memorandum of understanding would not be signed on Sunday and that negotiators are not planning to travel immediately to Geneva, Switzerland, in preparation for such an event.According to Baghaei, a signing could happen “in the coming days”.Hours later, Trump wrote, “The Deal is scheduled to get signed tomorrow, and immediately after it is signed, the Hormuz Strait is OPEN TO ALL.” Sunday marks Trump’s 80th birthday.In recent days, Iran and the US have repeatedly contradicted each other when describing the details of the anticipated agreement, even as both sides have broadly signalled that a deal was closer than ever before.Still, no terms have been officially released, with US and Iranian officials on Friday stressing that the agreement had not been finalised.Beyond opening the Strait of Hormuz, Trump said in Saturday’s post that the agreement would be a “A WALL TO NO nuclear weapon!” and that “no money would exchange hands”.Trump also maintained that “at the appropriate time, when all is calm, we will go in and get the Nuclear Dust”, referring to Iran’s stockpile of enriched uranium.But speaking on Iran’s Press TV on Friday, Iranian ⁠⁠Foreign ⁠⁠Minister Abbas Araghchi said the initial memorandum of understanding would only be a launch point for negotiations about the future of Iran’s nuclear programme.