Mike Baker

And now, U.S.

administration officials are pushing back on some of those reports.

Speaking on both ABC News and CBS, Vance argued that some of the details circulating online do not accurately reflect the final agreement.

Most notably, he rejected claims that Iran would automatically receive roughly $24 billion or $25 billion in frozen assets upon meeting certain benchmarks.

According to Vance, that figure does not appear anywhere in the agreement.

Instead, he described the issue of frozen Iranian assets as one of several subjects that will be addressed in technical negotiations following the formal signing ceremony later this week.

Essentially, they're signing a memorandum of understanding to talk more about the deal.

More broadly, Vance emphasized that any economic relief provided to Tehran would be conditional.

That may come as a surprise to the Iranian regime.

Iranian officials have indicated, from their perspective, that they will receive at least half of the frozen $24 or $25 billion prior to beginning the reported 60-day negotiating period during which they're supposed to discuss a variety of the key issues that are still unresolved.

In recent days, some of the leaked drafts suggested sweeping sanctions relief and major economic concessions for Iran.

The vice president offered a different characterization, arguing that sanctions relief would only come if the Iranian regime makes a long-term commitment to abandoning its nuclear weapons ambitions.

Well, as long as they make that commitment, I'm sure that'll be fine.

Oh, and accepts meaningful international verification measures, which, to be fair, have never been in place in the past.

They've never had full transparency.

In other words, the administration's position appears to be that economic benefits are tied to compliance, not simply tied to a memorandum of understanding to talk more.

Vance also provided perhaps the clearest explanation yet of how the White House views the agreement.

According to the vice president, the deal is intended to accomplish two primary objectives at some point.

First, prevent Iran from ever obtaining a nuclear weapon.

Second, reopen the Strait of Hormuz and reduce tensions across the region.