Trump Denies Iran Will Receive $300 Million Under Agreement

U.S. President Donald Trump rejected claims that the memorandum of understandings with Iran includes an unconditional $300 million payment to Tehran, calling the report fake news.

“Iran has agreed that it will never possess a nuclear weapon,” Trump wrote on Truth Social.

He added: “The story that the United States is paying Iran $300 million is fake news.”

Trump’s denial comes amid growing criticism in Congress over the emerging agreement, with lawmakers from both parties raising concerns about its terms and the lack of clarity surrounding key details.

Vice President JD Vance also addressed the agreement in an interview with CNN, saying several central issues remain unresolved and will need to be handled during the technical stage of negotiations.

“There are a number of issues where we will have to resolve those things during the technical negotiation phase,” Vance said. He added that the memorandum creates a framework in which Iran will receive the benefits of the deal only by meeting its commitments.

According to Vance, the first section of the agreement states that Iran, like the United States, is committed to regional peace and stability.

“Part of that is that the Iranians have to stop funding violent terrorist organizations, they have to stop funding regional instability,” he said.

Despite public praise from world leaders, the agreement is facing significant criticism in Washington. Republican Senator Lindsey Graham, considered close to Trump, expressed concern that Iran’s interpretation of the agreement appears to differ from the version being presented by the American negotiating team.

Graham said that any nuclear agreement with Iran will be brought before Congress for review and a vote, signaling that his support for Trump’s move is not automatic. Republican Senator James Lankford made a similar point, telling NBC that it would be “better” for Congress to vote to approve any potential agreement.

Nearly a day after Trump announced the understandings, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivered a special statement to the Israeli public.

“We saved the State of Israel. Iran will not have nuclear weapons,” Netanyahu said.

The prime minister said Israel, together with its allies, had removed an immediate threat of destruction. He cited major Israeli strikes, the targeting of nuclear scientists, the killing of terrorist regime leaders and damage to nuclear facilities.

“The most important thing is that we saved the State of Israel from the threat of nuclear annihilation,” Netanyahu said.

At the same time, Netanyahu acknowledged that Israel does not actually know what is included in the secret agreement signed between the United States and Iran.