Summary

• Per Axios: "U.S. and Iranian negotiators have reached an agreement on a 60-day memorandum of understanding to extend the ceasefire and launch negotiations on Iran's nuclear program, but President Trump has yet to give it his final approval."

• Unconfirmed reports of Ayatollah denial of MOU.

• Saudi state media reports Pakistan is seeking to convince Washington to allow transfer of Iran's highly enriched uranium to China (Al Hadath).

• Iran launches ballistic missile on US base in Kuwait, which was reportedly intercepted by Kuwaiti forces.

• Fresh launch is retaliation for prior evening's skirmish involving US intercepting Iranian drones, and targeting coastal launch location.

• Stalled talks still stuck on nuclear issue: Iran insists it will keep its enriched uranium as a matter of national soveriegnty.

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Reports that Ayatollah has Not Accepted MOU

And very quickly on the heels of the Axios report, there chatter that the Iranian side has not actually approved: