Both Pakistan and Qatar helped mediate the agreement. Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif of Pakistan was the first to announce the peace deal. US vice president JD Vance said that the delay in making the complete text of the peace agreement between the United States and Iran public, dubbed the “Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding”, may have been because of the absence of press freedom and First Amendment protections in Pakistan, which acted as a key mediator. The delay in making Iran deal public Notably, both Pakistan and Qatar helped mediate the agreement. Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif of Pakistan was the first to announce through a social media post