Iranian media say that a “memorandum of understanding” with the US is “almost finalized”
Iran assures that the main part of the text of the “memorandum of understanding” with the United States has been “almost finalized” since yesterday, although issues such as nuclear issues or the lifting of sanctions will be negotiated in another future agreement, so it would not be a final agreement.
The official IRNA media outlet has assured this Friday that the text that the Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman, Ismail Bagaei, said yesterday was “almost finalized” is not the one speculated by the media, but is based on the 14 points imposed by Tehran and is only “a memorandum of understanding”, since they would continue negotiating the “final agreement”.
“As for the text, its main parts are almost finalized,” Bagaei said yesterday, shortly after US President Donald Trump stated that they had just reached “a great agreement to resolve the conflict with Iran” and that there remained “the formalization of the documents, which should be completed in the coming days.”
IRNA maintains that Iran remains firm in its red lines. In this way, what is now signed by the United States and Iran would not include agreements on nuclear matters nor the lifting of US sanctions on Iran, but rather these two issues would be incorporated into a new negotiation that would begin within 60 days.
Compensation to Iran for damages caused in the war would also be included in that negotiation. Furthermore, Iran would only now sign a text that includes the normalization of the passage through Hormuz, managed by Iran, when the war ends and the end of “the illegal blockade” of the United States; that includes Lebanon and the end of the Israeli offensive and the “clear guarantee” of the release of blocked Iranian assets, some of which must be released “immediately.”
“As planned, if the memorandum of understanding to end the war is signed and the 60-day negotiations are successful, the final agreement will be implemented within a certain period and gradually, within the framework of the corresponding stages,” estimates IRNA.
In any case, according to this official media, Iran arrives with “total distrust of the other party” and would be “fully prepared to face any breach of promise or deception.” “It is clear that simply signing an agreement to end the war does not guarantee that the American and Israeli sides will comply with it,” he emphasizes. (Efe)
