After 18 months of negotiations, and a "final" deadline that's been pushed back four times, Iran and the world powers say they're incredibly close to a deal. Close enough to fool Iran, apparently.
Iran jumped the gun on Monday when a social media manager tweeted from the official account of Iranian President Hassan Rouhani. It was deleted shortly afterward.
So here's the tweet the president of Iran just deleted #IranTalksVienna #irandeal pic.twitter.com/Yv2oq0olHb
— Sam Gad Jones (@samgadjones) July 13, 2015
Moments later Rouhani's account tweeted about the deal again with more conditional language, saying "if" the deal is made, it would be a "triumph of diplomacy."
If #IranDeal, victory of diplomacy and mutual respect over outdated paradigm of exclusion and coercion. And this will be good beginning.
— Hassan Rouhani (@HassanRouhani) July 13, 2015Rouhani also canceled a televised speech planned for Monday evening, presumably to announce that an agreement had been struck.
By Hayat Norimine
