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Laura Coates Live

U.S. Officials Downplay Text of Iran Agreement as Incredibly Vague

Laura Coates Live

CNN

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3.82.5K Ratings

🗓️ 17 June 2026

⏱️ 46 minutes

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President Trump vowed to publicly release the text of the agreement within days. US negotiators are downplaying the significance of the document’s wording, saying it doesn’t reflect Iran’s back-channel commitments, US officials said. An Israeli source said Israel asked the US to see the text of the agreement and was rejected. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Tonight, the Iran agreement is still under wraps, but Trump's team is already trying to manage expectations by downplaying what's in the actual text.

0:11.0

Plus, Trump hand-picked candidate wins big in the Georgia Senate primary, but can you turn a primary win into a November flip against a Democratic favorite. And it was supposed to cost

0:23.5

taxpayers nothing. Now, Americans may be footing half the cost of Trump's White House

0:29.7

Wallroom. That's all coming up on Laura Coates Live.

0:34.5

Well, my opening statement tonight, if your own administration is describing an agreement to end a war as incredibly vague, well, good luck selling it as lasting peace.

0:51.2

You know, we still have not seen the memorandum of understanding between the United

0:54.4

States and Iran, but U.S. officials are already downplaying the language and not just

1:01.4

highlighting the vagueness. No, they're saying it's worded to help the Iranians sell it to

1:07.5

their own domestic audience. Now, one part, it's sure to get a lot of scrutiny.

1:13.5

A possible $300 billion reconstruction fund cited by the Vice President, J.D. Vance.

1:22.0

Even if the Iranians do everything contemplated by this deal, not a penny of American money flows to Iran.

1:27.8

So all these people say, well, you know, you're giving Iran money.

1:30.7

No, no, no.

1:31.5

We're saying that if the Iranians change their behavior, we're going to let some of these

1:36.5

other countries invest in rebuilding their country and creating some prosperity for their

1:41.4

people.

1:42.4

The part you can't ignore, though, is that Republicans,

1:45.4

they blasted President Obama for years over his deal that unfroze Iranian funds.

1:51.1

They've railed against any money going to Iran, no matter where it came from, right?

1:55.5

And Trump himself, he has long made that argument.

2:00.0

I would have never given them back the money.

2:04.1

I would have said the money is off the table.

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