Trump Says US-Iran Deal Will Be Signed Sunday — Tehran Says Not So Fast

President Trump declared Saturday that a peace agreement with Iran is done and will be signed Sunday. Iran said hold on.
That gap between Washington and Tehran is exactly why nobody should be popping champagne yet.

What Trump Said

Trump posted on Truth Social Saturday that the deal is “scheduled to get signed tomorrow” and that the Strait of Hormuz will be opened to all shipping immediately after signing. He said the agreement would also prevent Iran from ever obtaining a nuclear weapon. “No money will exchange hands,” he added, pushing back on reports that frozen Iranian assets were part of the deal.
Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif backed up Trump’s timeline. He posted that a peace deal was closer than ever, with finalization expected within 24 hours. Pakistan’s Deputy Prime Minister Mohammad Ishaq Dar said an “electronic signing ceremony” was scheduled for Sunday.

What Iran Said

Iran’s foreign ministry was not nearly as confident. Officials said the process could take more time and that the pace may slow down. A senior Trump administration official acknowledged Friday that the US is not “100% confident” the agreement will actually be signed.
Iran’s state media outlet Fars also pushed back on Trump’s claim that Iran would lose control of the Strait of Hormuz, calling that assertion “inconsistent with reality.”

Opposition Inside Iran

The bigger problem may be inside Iran itself. Conservative hardliners and the IRGC — Iran’s powerful Revolutionary Guard — are openly fighting the deal.
Protests broke out outside Iran’s foreign ministry office in Mashhad. Iranian lawmaker Amir Hussein Sabeti called for the impeachment of Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi on social media. Another lawmaker, Mahmoud Nabavian, went on television and said the deal would turn Iran into “an American colony.”
Araghchi himself told Iranian state TV that the deal would lift the US naval blockade on Iranian ports and that “the administration of the Strait of Hormuz will no longer be the same as before.”
That sentence alone has hardliners furious.

What the Deal Actually Includes

According to multiple sources familiar with the text, the agreement would reopen the Strait of Hormuz immediately without tolls, restore normal shipping within 30 days, lift the US blockade of Iranian ports, and extend the current ceasefire by 60 days. A broader nuclear and regional deal would follow within 30 to 60 days.
Oil prices have already dropped below $90 a barrel on expectations of a deal. If it falls apart, expect those prices to spike back up fast.

Bottom Line

Trump wants to announce a historic deal. Pakistan wants credit for brokering it. Iran’s government wants relief from economic pressure. But Iran’s hardliners don’t want any of it.
The deal may be close. It may also fall apart before Sunday is over.
Source: CNBC, CBS News, NBC News, Fox News, NPR