Trump demands that stockpiles of enriched uranium be destroyed.
The United States assured this Saturday (30) that have the means to resume the war against Iranafter insisting that any peace agreement will only be possible if their “red lines” are respected.
Tehran and Washington are there weeks involved in indirect negotiations with the aim of putting a lasting end to the war in the Middle East, but the outcome is uncertain, especially after this week’s clashes, the most serious since a truce came into force on April 8.
Sources in Washington mentioned on Thursday a framework in accordance with a 60-day extension of ceasefirebut negotiations remain stalled.
“Iran must accept that it will never have nuclear weapons,” the President Donald Trump on his Truth Social network. He also demanded that the Islamic republic’s highly enriched uranium stocks be “DESTROYED“.
United States and Israel, whose February 28 joint attack on Iran triggered waraccuse Tehran of wanting get the atomic weaponsomething the country denies. Iran insists on addressing the nuclear issue after signing the agreement protocol currently under discussion.
Tehran also asks for the unlocking billions of dollars in assets Iranians frozen by the United States. Iranian state broadcaster Irib said on Saturday that an “unofficial” draft of the memorandum of understanding with the United States included the release of 12 billion dollars (R$ 60.7 billion) in frozen assets.
The White House had previously rejected such allegations, calling them a “fabrication”.
Opening of Hormuz
Another point of friction is the Strait of Hormuza fundamental route for global hydrocarbon trade, which Iran has kept practically blocked since the start of the war. “Must be opened immediately“, and Tehran must commit to demining it, Trump said on Friday, while his government in turn imposes a blockade on Iranian ports.
According to Iranian sailors cited by the Tasnim news agency, the United States still prevents the movement of ships Iranian commercials. A White House official told AFP on Friday that “the president Trump will only make a deal that is good for the United States and respect your red lines.”
In response to Trump, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baqaei indicated that “message exchanges continue” with the United States. He also defended “the special situation” of the Strait of Hormuzas it is located in the territorial waters of Iran and Oman. For this reason, Iranian parliamentarian Alireza Salimi told the Isna news agency that only Iran and Oman are “qualified to decide” on his management.
United States Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth warned this Saturday that his country is “more than capable” of resuming hostilities against Iran “if that is necessary”. “Our reserves are more than adequate for this, both there and around the world, because of the way we balance High precision ammunition and more abundant ammunition“, he declared during a forum in Singapore.
Non-Lebanon Front
The head of Turkish diplomacy, Hakan Fidan, considered, in an interview published this Saturday by the Japanese newspaper Nikkei, that a agreement was “closer than ever”. Given the “immense international impact (…)” of the blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, the solution to this issue is “priority in relation to nuclear issues“, he stated.
A war caused thousands of deaths and shook the world economy by raising oil prices. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank (WB) warned on Friday of the risk of oil shortages.
Among his demands to Washington, the Iran also demands an end to fighting in Lebanonwhere, since March 2, its ally, the Shiite Islamist movement Hezbollah, and Israel have faced each other.
Israel returned to bombing southern Lebanon this Saturdayand his army continues to advance into Lebanese territory, despite a ceasefire theoretically in force since April 17 and the talks held the day before in Washington.
Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam denounced Israel’s “dangerous and unprecedented escalation”, which he accused of applying “a policy of scorched earth and collective punishment”. However, he defended the authorities’ decision to begin negotiations with Israel — which the pro-Iranian group Hezbollah opposes — stating that it was the “least costly path” for the country.
Authorities military personnel from both countries met on Friday in Washington, as a prelude, according to the Pentagon, to a new round of negotiations, on June 2nd and 3rdwith a view to a security agreement.
According to the latest official balance, the Israeli attacks killed 3,371 people in Lebanon since the beginning of the war.
