The peace agreement between the United States and Iran could be about to be signed. Or not. Once again, the messages that reach the newsrooms of the media are contradictory. While Donald Trump has announced in one of his concise publications on his social network that the treaty will be signed this Sunday and The Strait of Hormuz will open “immediately”Iran does not seem to have it so clear. Tehran has ruled out an imminent agreement, although it has acknowledged progress.
“The agreement will be signed tomorrow, and immediately after its signing, the Strait of Hormuz will be OPEN TO ALL,” explained the Republican leader on his social network, Truth Social. A message that arrived after Likewise, the Government of Pakistan, a faithful mediator between both sides, stated hours before that “the agreement could be signed electronically in the next 24 hours.”
However, the Iranian Foreign Ministry has ruled out that the signing would take place on Sunday, although it left open the possibility that it could take place. in “the next few days.” “We must wait to know the exact date of the signing of the memorandum of understanding; although it will not be tomorrow, it cannot be ruled out that it will take place in the coming days,” said the spokesperson for that country in statements collected by the agency. IRNA.
What the agreement includes, according to Trump
In his message, Trump claims to have made the Islamic Republic give up your nuclear ambitions: nor will they have it, whether through purchase, development or any other form of acquisition,” he said. In addition, he says, the agreement does not include any “exchange of money” with Iran and will allow the United States access to Iranian enriched uranium for destruction.
“We look forward to collaborating with Iran and the entire Middle East for many years. Hopefully this process will develop quickly, easily and smoothly,” he declared. If not, he is already threatening to apply a “definitive alternative”, in an apparent reference to a new offensive against the country.
What Tehran says
The version of the Iranian spokespersons is very different from the claims and information disseminated by Donald Trump. Ismail Bagaeispokesperson for Foreign Affairs of that country, emphasizes that the final agreed text is not “a final agreement” but “an understanding that outlines the general framework of the dispute. Of course, he emphasizes: the nuclear issue is left for later and will be discussed “in a period of 60 days.”
For his part, the Iranian Foreign Minister, Abás Araqchstated during the previous day that the agreement has two parts, the first refers to the release of Iranian assets blocked abroad, the lifting of both the US and Iranian blockade of Hormuz and the end of hostilities on all fronts, including Lebanon. The second addresses the nuclear issue.
The agreement will be signed this Sunday electronically, according to Axios
According to the American newspaper Axiosrepresentatives of the United States and Iran will have a virtual meeting on Sunday together with Pakistani and Qatari mediators to electronically sign an agreement that ends the war and allows the unblocking of the Strait of Hormuz.
The so-called memorandum of understanding, as stated in the publication, would extend the ceasefire in force since April for another 60 days and would facilitate the opening of negotiations on the Iranian nuclear program, the media added. Sources from the United States and the mediating countries cited by Axios confirmed that the signing will take place virtually for logistical reasons.
This signature would be the result of almost three months of negotiations between the Donald Trump Administration and the ayatollah regime, with the mediation of Pakistan, Qatar, Egypt and Turkey; and It would end a war started by Washington and Tel Aviv on February 28.
