Tehran, June 16 -- Calling it "too early to be optimistic," Iranian academic Elham Kadkhodaee has urged caution over the proposed US-Iran Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), asserting that the document is not a comprehensive peace deal but merely a temporary arrangement aimed at extending a ceasefire and creating space for future negotiations.

Speaking to ANI, Kadkhodaee, Assistant Professor of West Asian Studies at the University of Tehran, said the understanding currently under discussion should not be viewed as a final resolution to longstanding tensions between Washington and Tehran.

"It's not a deal. It's actually just a memorandum of understanding, meaning that it's going to extend the previously agreed-upon ceasefire, and then it'...