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Fri · 18 Sep 2026

Khamenei Confirms He Approved US-Iran MOU Despite Personal Reservations

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Khamenei Confirms He Approved US-Iran MOU Despite Personal Reservations

🕌 TEHRAN — The Supreme Leader just removed the deal's most dangerous ambiguity. 📌 LOOK CLOSER: Khamenei's public confirmation closes the hardliner escape hatch — no faction can now credibly claim the MOU lacks supreme authority. "Despite reservations" signals internal dissent was real but overruled. The "assurances on Iran's rights" framing is the price: Khamenei needs a domestic narrative that Geneva wasn't surrender. That framing will collide with Vance's version almost immediately.

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