WASHINGTON/DUBAI ¨C U.S. and Pakistani leaders forecast a Sunday signing of a long-elusive framework agreement to end fighting between the United States and Iran, but Tehran cast doubt over the timing and hard-line protesters in Iran voiced opposition.
President Donald Trump posted on social media on Saturday that the deal with Iran was scheduled to be signed the next day, his 80th birthday. Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif ?said the two sides had agreed on a framework for a peace deal and that Islamabad was preparing for an electronic signing on Sunday, to be followed by ?technical-level talks ?in the coming week.
But Iran did not confirm a Sunday signing. Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei, speaking before Trump¡¯s post, had ?cautioned against commenting on the timing of the signing but was quoted by state media saying, ¡°It will not be tomorrow,¡± but could happen ¡°in the coming days.¡±
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