The United States confirmed this Thursday that its negotiators have reached a pre-agreement with Iran to unblock the Strait of Hormuz and extend the ceasefire, an understanding that has yet to receive final approval from the US president,
Sources from the North American Government confirmed to the press the information provided exclusively by the media. Axiosaccording to which the agreement only needs the green light from the Republican president.
The digital newspaper cited two senior US officials who revealed that the agreement stipulates that navigation through the strait, blocked by Iran in retaliation for the US and Israeli offensive, will be “without restrictions”.
According to Axios, Iran will not impose any tolls in the strait, key to global crude oil trade, and the United States will lift the maritime blockade it has imposed against ships leaving and arriving at Iranian ports.
The memorandum of understanding would include Iran’s commitment not to develop nuclear weapons, a red line for Trump, although it would leave negotiations to limit uranium enrichment by the Islamic Republic for later.
This issue would be addressed during the 60-day extension of the ceasefire in force since last April. Likewise, the United States is committed to discussing the lifting of sanctions on Iran and the release of frozen Iranian funds.
During the last week, the United States and Iran have intensified, with the mediation of Pakistan, negotiations to end the war started by the United States and Israel on February 28. Since last weekend, the White House has insisted that an agreement was a matter of days, although Tehran has lowered expectations that a deal was imminent.
According to Axiosthe terms of the agreement were largely agreed on Tuesday, but both sides needed the approval of their leaders. Iran would have already communicated that it gave the green light to the agreement, but Trump did not want to approve it immediately, the media noted.
The possibility that the nuclear issue is left for a later phase has caused the rejection from several Republican senators allied to Trump who have criticized the concessions that the United States is willing to give.
