Vice President JD Vance insisted Tuesday that the emerging peace agreement with Iran is not set in stone and could be reversed if there is widespread backlash over its terms, as the White House continues to reject purported leaked versions of the agreement circulating in the media.
Vance made the comments during an interview with conservative commentator Megyn Kelly, where he was pressed about the memorandum of understanding between the United States and Iran. Critics have argued that details reported about the agreement appear overly favorable to Tehran and have raised concerns about what concessions may have been offered.
Kelly suggested that because the agreement is a diplomatic understanding rather than a legally binding treaty, it could still be undone if Americans strongly oppose it.
“I mean you’ve already signed it, but it’s not like legally binding to where you can’t undo it. It’s a diplomatic agreement. If people freak out, if there’s an utter meltdown here in the United States, it could always be undone if you change your minds,” Kelly said.
Vance agreed.
“Exactly. And I again, Megyn, I could summarize this deal in like two or three sentences which is that if the Iranians change the way that they behave with regards to their nuclear weapon, with regards to their financing of terrorism, we are going to bring them into the world economy. If they don’t, we won’t. It’s really that simple,” he responded.
President Donald Trump also indicated Wednesday that the deal remains a work in progress while speaking to reporters at the G7 summit in France.
“No, it’s not final. It’s a memorandum of understanding, and if I don’t like it, we’ll go back to shooting at them, dropping bombs on their heads. If I don’t like it, and they don’t behave, we’ll go right back to dropping bombs right smack in the middle of their head,” the president warned.
The White House has strongly disputed reports claiming media organizations have obtained the text of the agreement. CNN, Bloomberg and other outlets have reported on what they describe as a 14-point draft memorandum of understanding.
“The supposed text of the MOU that was obtained by CNN does not reflect the language of the actual MOU,” White House Communications Director Steven Cheung wrote on X.
According to reports, the agreement would extend the cease-fire to Lebanon, reopen the Strait of Hormuz, ease certain sanctions on Iran, permit Iranian oil sales and establish a pathway toward a broader peace agreement. It would also create the possibility of a $300 billion development fund that Iran could potentially access if it fulfills future commitments regarding its nuclear program.
Israel’s Channel 12 separately reported on a slightly different 12-point framework on Tuesday. Neither reported version of the agreement includes detailed, enforceable provisions regarding Iran’s nuclear program beyond a pledge that Tehran would not produce or obtain a nuclear weapon.
The full details of the agreement are expected to be released during a formal signing ceremony in Switzerland on Friday.
Many congressional Republicans remain skeptical and are withholding judgment until they can review the actual document, which reportedly had not been shared with even senior lawmakers as of Tuesday afternoon despite media leaks about its contents.
“Unless you were homeschooled by a day drinker, no one’s confident that Iran is going to do anything,” Sen. John Kennedy said when asked about the agreement. “I want to read it myself.”
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