The memorandum of understanding between Iran and the United States is “officially finalized” after being digitally signed by both countries, Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmail Baghaei said in an interview with state broadcaster IRIB.
“It was agreed that the Iran–U.S. memorandum of understanding would be signed digitally,” Baghaei told IRIB, adding that while there are plans for negotiating teams to be in Geneva, there would be no signing ceremony in Switzerland. Earlier, a US official said a formal signing ceremony would take place on Friday with US Vice President JD Vance in attendance.
According to the ministry spokesman, violating the memorandum will “carry a greater cost” once signed by both presidents.
Baghaei said that if the text is now reviewed, there would not be anything in it that wasn’t already discussed.
“We have, more or less, stated all of these points before,” Baghaei said.
The memorandum, he said, emphasizes that the 60-day negotiations will be solely focused on the nuclear issue and sanctions relief.
“The wise decision of the Islamic Republic was not to negotiate the nuclear issue at this stage,” Baghaei told the broadcaster. “It was decided that the focus should be on ending the war, and we accomplished that.”
