Amid the uncertainty about what will happen with the agreement between the United States and Iran, the US president assured this Sunday that the negotiations “are advancing constructively”, but without rush.
“I have informed my representatives so that they do not rush to close an agreement, since time is on our side,” he said on the Truth Social social network. In other words, the United States continues to maintain the blockade on Iran: “It will remain in full force until an agreement is reached, certified and signed. Both parties must take their time; there can be no mistakes”.
Said agreement would include, according to several media outlets, the reopening of the Strait of Hormuzhe lifting of sanctions against Iranthe unfreezing of blocked Iranian funds and one 60-day truce to negotiate a nuclear pact.
The step by step agreement
During those two months, Iran would normalize transit through the strait, a key route for global crude oil trade that was blocked by the country in retaliation for the US and Israeli offensive that began in late February, and would commit to removing sea mines from the area.
In exchange, the United States would lift its blockade against Iranian ports and lift some sanctions to allow Tehran to sell its crude oil, something that would benefit the Iranian economy and the global oil market.
The draft pact would also include the Iran’s commitment not to seek a nuclear weapona red line that Trump has set during the negotiations. The 60-day truce would also serve to negotiate an agreement to limit Iran’s uranium enrichment program in exchange for the lifting of sanctions and the unfreezing of Iranian funds.
It would also include ending the Israeli offensive against Hezbollah in Lebanon, a condition that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu expressed concern about on Saturday during a call with Trump, Axios reported.
The draft agreement, notes the EFE agency, has been criticized by some Republican voices such as Senator Ted Cruz, who consider that the United States would be giving up too much to the Iranian country. “It would be a disastrous mistake”.
The last word
In any case, the president of Iran, Masud Pezeshkian, has detailed that any agreement reached with the United States must receive the approval of the Iranian supreme leader, Mojtaba Khamenei. “No decision will be made outside the framework of the Supreme National Security Council and without the coordination and permission of the supreme leader”.
In statements to Iranian public television IRIB, the president maintains that they are not willing to destabilize the region, but peace, although he remembers: “We and those who participate in the negotiations will never fail the dignity of the country”.
He further maintains that “Enemies must understand that the current dialogue is the result of Iran’s patience”. A patience that, as he points out, is “backed by revolutionary anger and deep resentment for the assassination of the imams of the Revolution and the martyred commanders.”
