Claims of US, Iran signing deal in Gevena on Sunday ‘not true’: Report

An informed source close to the Iranian negotiating team has strongly rejected recent claims by US President Donald Trump and certain foreign media outlets that a final agreement is ready to be signed in the Swiss city of Geneva on Sunday.

"The claims raised by Trump and some foreign media that the agreement has been finalized and is going to be signed on Sunday in Geneva are completely untrue," the source told Fars news agency on Friday.

The source explained that the decision-making process within Iran has not yet been concluded and ruled out both the specified date and the place.

"The review and decision-making process in Iran has not been finalized yet. Therefore, both the announcement of Sunday and the location of Geneva are categorically denied,” the source added.

The remarks come amid speculation over the status of the Iran-US negotiations, with reports claiming that the two countries are close to signing a memorandum of understanding, with a possible signing ceremony in Geneva as early as Sunday.

The potential arrangement comes as Group of Seven (G7) leaders are set to gather in Evian, France, on June 15-17.

Iran firm on red lines, says proposed deal not finalized amid US backtracking

Tehran remains steadfast on its principled red lines as authorities review a proposed understanding, firmly rejecting speculation that a final deal has been reached despite Washington backtracking on recent military threats.

Following claims made by the US president on Thursday about an imminent deal between Tehran and Washington, an informed source also told Tasnim news agency on Friday that the text of the understanding has not been approved up to this moment.

Meanwhile, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei said that the possible Iran-US understanding is at the “internal finalization stage”, and no final decision has been made yet.

He added that official notification regarding any agreement is contingent upon reaching a final outcome and will be carried out immediately thereafter.

“The decision-making process in the Islamic Republic of Iran is completely clear, and the relevant authorities must reach a conclusion on every detail of the text and any possible understanding,” the Iranian spokesperson reiterated.

He explained that details concerning the manner of signing the potential understanding will be discussed in subsequent stages, and “what has been raised so far in this regard has largely been within the framework of media speculation.”

The United States and Israel launched their unprovoked war of aggression against Iran on February 28.

Iran’s Armed Forces responded with 100 waves of retaliatory strikes under Operation True Promise 4, launching hundreds of ballistic and hypersonic missiles, as well as drones, against American military bases across West Asia and Israeli positions throughout the occupied territories.

On April 8, forty days into the war, an Islamabad-brokered ceasefire went into effect. However, the first round of Tehran-Washington negotiations failed to reach an agreement, with the latter imposing an inhumane “naval blockade” of Iran.

Since then, both Israel and the US have violated the truce, triggering Iran’s strong retaliatory strikes.

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