Iran War: Trump Claims Peace Deal Signing Today Amidst Guard's Denial

U.S. President Donald Trump and mediators from Pakistan announced on Saturday that a preliminary agreement to end the Middle East war was slated for signing on Sunday. However, significant questions remained about the deal early Sunday morning.

Iran's Revolutionary Guard explicitly denied being ready to sign the agreement. The Guard suggested that Trump's eagerness to finalize the deal stemmed from a desire to use his upcoming birthday, which falls on Sunday, as a symbolic occasion for a personal publicity stunt. "His demands may stem from a desire to use this opportunity symbolically and take joy from it as a personal publicity stunt," the Revolutionary Guard stated in a release.

Earlier, an Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson had indicated that a peace agreement might be signed in the coming days. Trump's statements regarding the peace deal have been inconsistent as the war progresses, with repeated assertions that an agreement was imminent. U.S. media reported that Trump had claimed the deal was close at least 38 times during a two-month ceasefire period.

Trump made his claims about Sunday's signing ceremony on Saturday evening. In a message posted on Truth Social, he criticized the previous Iran nuclear deal under Barack Obama, asserting that the current proposed deal was fundamentally different. Trump stated that Iran no longer desired a nuclear weapon and would not obtain one. He also mentioned the U.S. would seek to remove all nuclear material from Iran, using B-2 bombers if necessary to dilute and destroy the material either in Iran or the U.S.

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His demands may stem from a desire to use this opportunity symbolically and take joy from it as a personal publicity stunt.