TEHRAN, Iran: Iran is debating and reviewing the draft text of a potential deal with the United States, Iranian media reported on Tuesday, as US President Donald Trump said he expects an agreement with Iran could be reached “over the next week”.
According to Iran’s Mehr News Agency, citing a source close to the negotiating team, Tehran is still reviewing the draft text of a potential memorandum of understanding with the US and has not yet sent a response.
Iran is still debating and reviewing the draft text of a potential memorandum of understanding with the United States and has not yet sent a response, an informed source close to the negotiating team told MNA.https://t.co/T1h9mlF2FB
— Mehr News Agency (@MehrnewsCom) June 2, 2026
Meanwhile, mediator Pakistan has continued diplomatic efforts to secure a permanent end to the US-Iran conflict through dialogue and diplomacy.
On Tuesday, Pakistan’s Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar, in a phone call with Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Sheikh Jarrah Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, reaffirmed Islamabad’s commitment to supporting diplomacy and sustained engagement as the preferred path to lasting peace and stability across the region.
Both sides expressed hope that ongoing Pakistan-led diplomatic initiatives would yield a positive outcome and durable peace in the near future.
Trump expects deal with Iran ‘over the next week’
On Monday, US President Donald Trump said that he expects an agreement with Iran to extend the current ceasefire and reopen the Strait of Hormuz could be reached “over the next week”.
“Looking good, looking good,” Trump told ABC News in a phone interview. “There was a little glitch today, but I turned that one around very quickly, as you probably noticed earlier.”
Trump said the “glitch” stemmed from Iranian anger over Israel’s attacks on Lebanon.
Trump described the possibility of a peace agreement with Iran as potentially “even better than a military victory”.
“It’s not a simple thing,” he said. “You’re talking about a real large country – them – very large country making a deal. Tremendous hostility, really.”
“So it’s not an easy thing for them. It’s actually not easy from our standpoint either. But we’re getting what we need to get.”
President Trump told @ABC News that he thinks he will have an agreement with Iran to extend the ceasefire and reopen the Strait of Hormuz "over the next week." https://t.co/9cglywf8pH
— ABC News (@ABC) June 1, 2026
Earlier, Trump said that talks between the US and Iran are continuing at a “rapid pace,” while also claiming progress on Lebanon ceasefire understandings between Israel and Hezbollah.
In a series of posts on his social media platform Truth Social, Trump said negotiations with Iran were ongoing and suggested that Tehran was interested in reaching a deal with Washington that would be beneficial for the US and its allies.
Rubio says Iran willing to discuss nuclear programme
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Tuesday that Washington is “in talks” with Iran and that Tehran has agreed to discuss aspects of its nuclear programme which were previously never mentioned.
“There is a prospect before us … that for the first time … they (Iran) have agreed to negotiate aspects of their nuclear programme that just a month ago, just a year ago, they were refusing to even mention, much less enter discussions about,” he told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
“We’re hopeful that something like that can happen — in which the Strait [of Hormuz] would reopen, we would enter a period of negotiations on very specific topics, delineated negotiations, in the hope of reaching an outcome that is acceptable to us, and something that they would be able to do as well,” Rubio said.
Pakistan’s diplomatic efforts
Pakistan brokered a ceasefire between Tehran and Washington on April 8 that halted the war involving the United States, Israel, and Iran.
On April 11, Pakistan hosted high-stakes direct talks between the US and Iranian negotiators in Islamabad.
The Islamabad Talks concluded without a final agreement; however, they paved the way for further negotiations between Washington and Tehran to permanently resolve the conflict.
Deputy PM Dar, in a phone call with his Iranian counterpart Abbas Araghchi, on Monday stressed the importance of ensuring that the ceasefire between the US and Iran is “sustained”.
During his phone conversation with Araghchi, Pakistan’s Deputy PM Dar emphasised the need to preserve existing understandings to prevent further escalation, the Foreign Office said in a statement.
Iranian Foreign Minister Araghchi appreciated Pakistan’s “constructive role in regional diplomacy” and requested Islamabad to continue its efforts to help facilitate de-escalation in the region and maintain the ceasefire.
