Iran may not honour nuclear concessions in deal with US CIA warns Trump 

US President Donald Trump has been informed by CIA Director John Ratcliffe that Iran is unlikely to follow through on promised nuclear concessions despite existing agreements.

Ratcliffe told Trump and other senior administration officials that intelligence collected by US agencies raises serious doubts about Tehran’s willingness to honour its commitments under its nuclear program, which Washington is seeking to secure through a final agreement, Axios reports, citing three sources familiar with the discussions.

“The intelligence reflects that the Iranian intentions are not in line with their commitments under the deal,” one source said.

The source added that during meetings ahead of the announcement of a finalised memorandum of understanding on Sunday, June 14, Trump and his team reviewed intelligence gathered by multiple US agencies indicating inconsistencies between how Iranian officials discussed the deal internally and what they communicated to US and intermediary negotiators.

According to the sources, Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth expressed concerns and questioned the memorandum of understanding, while Vice President JD Vance, envoy Steve Witkoff, and Jared Kushner supported its approval.

The nuclear elements of the MOU signed on June 14 depend on the parties reaching a more detailed nuclear agreement within the next 60 days. Vance, Witkoff, and Kushner are scheduled to meet on June 19 with Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf and Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi to discuss the next stages of a peace agreement, which are expected to align with the memorandum of understanding.

By Jeyhun Aghazada