Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmail Baqai said this Monday that there had been some progress in negotiations with the US, but that no agreement was imminent.
According to , the memorandum of understanding would involve an extension of the ceasefire for 60 daysa reopening of the Strait of Hormuz and a plan for new negotiations over Iran’s nuclear program.
The US Secretary of State, Marco Rubiorevealed if the negotiations fail, the United States will find another way to resolve the situation.
According to Reuters, US President Donald Trump had told his representatives not to rush to reach an agreement with Iran, while his administration dampened hopes of an imminent breakthrough in the three-month-old war, hopes that had been raised the day before.
The agreement under discussion is not definitive, and leaves several issues to be negotiated later, including the timetable for easing sanctions against Iran, the release of frozen Iranian funds and demands to stop its nuclear ambitions.
Although the agreement does not address Israel’s concerns regarding Iran’s nuclear program and reserves, the prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu recognizes that the country “has no room for maneuver to influence the president at this moment”.
Trump and Netanyahu spoke on the phone at least three times in the last weeka period during which Israeli officials stated that the country had made preparations for a return to joint airstrikes with the US against Iran, aimed at energy infrastructure.
There is one between Iran and the United States, but the world economy continues to be shaken by the near blockade of the strategic Strait of Hormuz, at the initiative of Iran, almost three months ago.
Israeli and US war aims have diverged since then, with the US focused on reopening the Strait of Hormuz, which before the war carried a fifth of global oil shipments e liquefied natural gas.
