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United Nations Ambassador Mike Waltz praised the waiting-to-be-finalized Iran deal but held back from confirming when the agreement will be signed.
United Nations Ambassador Mike Waltz praised the waiting-to-be-finalized Iran deal on Sunday, though he refrained from saying when the agreement would be signed.
In an interview with ABC’s “This Week,” Waltz said Iranian officials have agreed to key demands from the U.S. — such as a commitment to the elimination of its highly enriched uranium — but refused to confirm if the deal would be signed Sunday as President Donald Trump said it would be when he announced an agreement Saturday. He also hedged a bit as to whether all of Iran’s leadership had approved the planned deal.
“The Iranians are incredibly difficult negotiators, coupled with the fact that they’re having a very hard time getting guidance from their supreme leader, and they’re not always on the same page within their team, between the civilians and military,” Waltz told host Martha Raddatz.
“I don’t want to get ahead of the president or the vice president, but they have every intent of getting this done today,” he added.
Waltz called the agreement a “strong deal” even as he issued a caveat that much remains to be worked out in the future: “This is a memorandum of understanding. A lot of these details are going to be worked out as we go forward into the next round of negotiation.”
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United Nations Ambassador Mike Waltz praised the waiting-to-be-finalized Iran deal on Sunday, though he refrained from saying when the agreement would be signed.
In an interview with ABC’s “This Week,” Waltz said Iranian officials have agreed to key demands from the U.S. — such as a commitment to the elimination of its highly enriched uranium — but refused to confirm if the deal would be signed Sunday as President Donald Trump said it would be when he announced an agreement Saturday. He also hedged a bit as to whether all of Iran’s leadership had approved the planned deal.
“The Iranians are incredibly difficult negotiators, coupled with the fact that they’re having a very hard time getting guidance from their supreme leader, and they’re not always on the same page within their team, between the civilians and military,” Waltz told host Martha Raddatz.
“I don’t want to get ahead of the president or the vice president, but they have every intent of getting this done today,” he added.
Waltz called the agreement a “strong deal” even as he issued a caveat that much remains to be worked out in the future: “This is a memorandum of understanding. A lot of these details are going to be worked out as we go forward into the next round of negotiation.”
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