A “final, agreed upon text of the peace deal has been reached” between the US and Iran, according to Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif. Pakistan has been playing a leading role in negotiations between the two countries.
Sharif made the statement in a post on social media. It came as officials in the US and Iran warned against trusting reports setting out the details of a possible agreement.
Iran’s foreign minister said that Abbas Araghchi earlier stated that a deal had “never been closer” , while all warning that the “media should refrain from speculation about its content”.
US President Donald Trump reposted Araghchi’s statement, which also asked the media not to speculate about the content of the deal.
Iranian media have published details of the alleged deal, prompting Trump to say they had "nothing to do with the terms that were agreed to" and "bears no relation to the truth".
Trump accused Tehran of leaking the details and added that they were "very dishonourable people to deal with".
Speculation has centred on the terms of any deal regarding control over the strait of Hormuz and Iran’s nuclear programme. Iran has insisted that it will retain control over the key shipping lane and has rejected US demands to abandon it nuclear enrichment programme. The US says Iran’s nuclear material will be destroyed and removed from the country.
A day earlier the US president said he had cancelled "scheduled attacks" against Iran, because negotiators had "just made a great settlement" – a deal that was likely be to signed imminently.
Jane Hill presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Gary O’Donoghue in Washington.
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