Mike Baker

It's Friday, the 12th of June.

Welcome to the PDB Afternoon Bulletin.

I'm Mike Baker.

Your eyes and ears on the world stage.

All right, let's get briefed.

First up, if you've been confused over the status of negotiations between the U.S.

and the Iranian regime, well, you're in very good company.

Yesterday, President Trump suggested a deal with Iran could be just days away.

Today, leaked details of that proposed agreement are raising new questions about what both sides are actually prepared to accept.

We'll break down the competing versions of the proposed deal and why the negotiations appear to be far from settled.

Later in the show, the U.S.

State Department increases the pressure on Cuba's communist regime, announcing new sanctions on the government's state-owned oil company, further tightening the screws on the island's energy crisis.

But first, today's afternoon spotlight.

Just one day after President Trump announced that a deal with Iran was close at hand, new details about the proposed agreement are raising questions about what exactly Washington and Tehran may or may not have agreed to.

And in a sign of just how fluid the situation remains, President Trump is now publicly pushing back against reports describing the contents of the deal.

According to Reuters, versions of a proposed memorandum circulating among Western officials, Pakistani mediators, and Iranian sources appear to outline a framework that would largely favor the Iranian regime.

That reporting prompted an angry response from Trump on Friday, who accused Iran of leaking inaccurate information about the negotiations.

In a post on social media, Trump wrote that the terms Iran provided to the press had quote, nothing to do with the terms that were agreed to in writing, calling Iranian officials quote, very dishonorable people to deal with, end quote.

Well, to be fair, they do have a track record of never negotiating in good faith.

The dispute comes just days after the region appeared to be moving back toward a broader conflict.