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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White House Sends Iran MOU Text to Congress

🏛️ CONGRESS — Hawks just got the document they've been demanding to kill this deal. 📌 LOOK CLOSER: Transmitting the text is legally routine but politically explosive — Republican hawks can now comb every clause for leverage. Vance's disputed version, Khamenei's "assurances" framing, the absent verification

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Iran to Allow UN Nuclear Inspections, Witkoff Tells US Lawmakers

☢️ NUCLEAR — Witkoff briefing Congress on inspections Iran hasn't publicly confirmed yet. 📌 LOOK CLOSER: The sequencing gap is the story: Witkoff is selling inspections to lawmakers before Tehran announces them. That's either coordinated rollout or Washington getting ahead of Iran's position. IAEA access is the

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Mujtaba Khamenei Reveals He Initially Opposed Iran-US Deal Before Signing

🇮🇷 TEHRAN — The man who signed the MOU just admitted he didn't want to. 📌 LOOK CLOSER: Khamenei going public with his initial opposition hands hardliners a retroactive veto argument — the deal was signed under internal pressure, not conviction. Pezeshkian's role as persuader now makes him the deal&

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Khamenei: Direct US Talks Acceptable, But Iran Won't Yield to Enemy

🕌 KHAMENEI — He's blessing talks while pre-rejecting their outcome. 📌 LOOK CLOSER: Khamenei validating face-to-face talks is permission for Iran's Geneva team — but the caveat is the real signal. "Not accepting the enemy's position" is hardliner cover, not rejection. It lets

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White House Sends Iran MOU Text to Congress

Iran to Allow UN Nuclear Inspections, Witkoff Tells US Lawmakers

Mujtaba Khamenei Reveals He Initially Opposed Iran-US Deal Before Signing

Khamenei: Direct US Talks Acceptable, But Iran Won't Yield to Enemy