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Iran's nuclear program

US-Iran memorandum general in nature — JD Vance

The US vice president says that the details of the agreement will be worked out during technical negotiations

US Vice President JD Vance Alex Wong/Getty Images

US Vice President JD Vance

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NEW YORK, June 16. /TASS/. The US-Iran memorandum of understanding is a short document of a general nature; the details of the agreement will be worked out during technical negotiations, US Vice President JD Vance stated.

"The memorandum of understanding is about a page and a half, so it is a very general document. <…> On a number of issues, we are going to have to figure this stuff out during the technical negotiation phase, but what the memorandum of understanding does is set up a framework whereby the Iranians get the benefits of the bargain by meeting their obligations under the bargain," he told CNN in an interview.

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