The United States is “80 to 85 percent” confident that it will sign a peace deal with Iran in the coming days. This was stated on Friday by an unnamed high-ranking official of the administration of US President Donald Trump. According to him, the proposed agreement also includes Lebanon, informs TASR according to reports from AFP and Sky News.
“We expect to sign this agreement in the next few days. I can’t give you an exact date,” said the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity. He made the comments after Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif announced the achievement of the “final text” of the peace agreement between Iran and the United States.
“(The deal) includes Lebanon, Iran, the Gulf countries and Israel,” zoomed in on the representative. It also includes a “significant” easing of sanctions and Iranian assets in exchange for Tehran agreeing to end its nuclear program and hand over nuclear material.
“We are not quite there yet, but we are very close,” he added. The path to an agreement, he said, began to clear when Iran agreed to the “specification” of thehow its enriched uranium will be destroyed. A US administration official further claims that Washington believes that Tehran’s control over the Strait of Hormuz has weakened. Under the terms of the deal, he will open it and the US will lift the blockade of Iranian ports.
CNN reported on other points of this agreement. After the signing of the memorandum, a 60-day period for “technical” talks will begin. An administration official dodged the question of whether Iran’s supreme leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, personally signed the deal.
Iran also pledges never to acquire or develop nuclear weapons. The technical details of how it will get rid of its stockpile of enriched uranium will be agreed upon in the next round of talks. In addition, Tehran can also get rid of a large part of the economic pressure it has been subjected to for many yearsif it fulfills the provisions of the framework agreement, the representative explained.
The location and date of the signing are unknown, but the US president said on Thursday that the signing could take place in Europe, already during the weekend. On Friday, the Swiss Ministry of Foreign Affairs offered its country as a place for the possible signing of a peace agreement. “Switzerland is fully engaged. We are in close contact with the United States and Iran,” said the Department of Diplomacy.
