Iran Deal in Doubt After Beirut Strikes; Tehran Says No Decision Yet on Memorandum of Understanding
The US-Iran framework signing pivot collapsed through Sunday after Israeli airstrikes on Hezbollah’s command centre in Beirut put the deal in doubt. Iran formally said Sunday it has not yet reached a final decision on the proposed memorandum of understanding and is still reviewing it. Iranian state media confirmed Tehran has not made or announced its final decision on the proposed MoU. The Iranian Foreign Ministry cited “the other side’s hesitation”. Trump’s Sunday signing timeline is dead; the deal slips into the coming week. The Saudi-led six-state framework alignment remains intact but the operational signing channel is paused.
The collapse of the Sunday-signing pivot is the structural test of the framework durability. Israel’s strikes on Beirut on the same Sunday that Trump promised the framework would be signed is the explicit Israeli operational signal that the framework as currently structured is “a deep disappointment” to the Israeli government, which has been sidelined in negotiations led by Pakistan. The Pakistan mediator channel remains in operational effect; the Trump-side “will be signed today” framing is now the structural credibility risk. The framework text disclosed by Axios on Friday remains the operative document. The next structural pivot is the Tuesday Tehran decision window after Khamenei’s funeral.