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Iran-US Agreement, Rubio: “Possible already today”. Tehran denies: “Not an imminent signature”
(Adnkronos) - An agreement to end the war with Iran could materialize “today.” “We thought we had some news yesterday evening, perhaps today, but I wouldn’t put too much weight on it.” These were the words of US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, emphasizing: “We have on the table something that I consider quite solid in terms of the ability to open the Strait of Hormuz,” he said to journalists while leaving New Delhi, in India, where he was on an official visit, according to the Times of Israel. And he expressed confidence that Iran “will initiate a very concrete, significant and time-limited negotiation on the nuclear issue.” But such an agreement “cannot be done in 72 hours on a napkin,” he had already said.
The United States will therefore give diplomacy every chance of success before exploring the “alternatives,” Rubio explained. His observations came after US President Donald Trump dampened expectations of an agreement, saying yesterday he had told his negotiators not to “rush.” “He’s not in a hurry, he won’t conclude a bad deal, and the president won’t make a bad deal,” said the US Secretary of State, referring to Trump.
Iran and the United States have reached a “basic agreement,” but its signature “is not imminent,” declared the spokesperson for Iran’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Esmaeil Baghaei, stating that “we have reached an agreement on most of the issues discussed, this is correct, but that does not mean that the signing of an agreement is imminent.”
“The goal of the negotiations is to end the war and, at this stage, we are not discussing the details of the nuclear issue,” Baghaei added, emphasizing: “Threats, pressure, representations and publications of caricatures are an integral part of the political landscape in that part of the world. We continue our work on the ground. We observe the facts, regardless of the perceptions and representations of the opposing side.”
The United States and Iran have thus reached a basic agreement to end the war, but the timing of the definitive approval of the agreement is uncertain. An American official outlined a different picture to the New York Times and CNN, contrasting with Rubio’s acceleration. The agreement – defined as a memorandum of understanding – would lead to the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, a key transit point for 20% of global oil trade, and would begin to clarify the fate of Iran’s enriched uranium at 60%. The management of the material is still at the center of discussions, according to an anonymous source.
The modalities of disposing of stockpiles remain to be negotiated and will be the subject of the next phase of negotiations. US President Donald Trump is convinced that the United States will eventually gain possession of the uranium, defined by Trump as “nuclear dust.” The White House’s objective is essentially one: “Iran cannot have nuclear weapons.”
No information has come from Tehran on the topics being discussed. However, it appears obvious that the initial understanding would be a sort of framework in which more detailed elements would be inserted: the in-depth negotiations will require time, as explained also by Rubio. On Saturday, the New York Times recalled that three Iranian officials had predicted a 30-60 day window to discuss the Islamic Republic’s nuclear program. The timeline is confirmed by the official cited by Cnne NYT: the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) grants the parties “60 days to reach the final terms of the agreement.”
Only with the signing of an agreement, Trump clarified, would the removal of the naval blockade imposed by the United States be produced. According to the source, the agreement provides for the restoration of free navigation in the Strait of Hormuz “diminished and reopened to traffic”: however, the specific details on managing the waterway are still lacking. “The fundamental aspect of this framework is that if Iran does not comply with the agreements, it receives nothing. No nuclear dust? No dollars. As the Strait opens, the naval blockade will ease proportionally. It is a ‘trust but verify’ taken to the extreme.”
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