India, June 20 -- 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.

His remarks came after the US and Iran signed the agreement on Wednesday to bring an end to the war in West Asia after more than 100 days of fighting. Follow US-Iran war live updates here.

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 earlier this week that the US and Iran had reached a cea...