Comprising 14 points… Key features of the memorandum of understanding between Washington and Tehran
Bloomberg News reported on Friday that Washington and Tehran will sign a memorandum of understanding in Geneva next Sunday, noting that the signing will be limited to a preliminary memorandum of understanding and not a final agreement.
The agency, quoting a G7 official, indicated “the possibility of the signing being completed on the sidelines of the group’s meeting next week.”
In this context, the Iranian news agency Mehr revealed new details of a draft 14-point memorandum of understanding between Iran and the United States, as reported by a source close to the Iranian negotiating team.
According to the agency, the draft includes a permanent and immediate cessation of hostilities on all fronts, including Lebanon, an American pledge not to interfere in Iranian internal affairs and to respect Iran’s sovereignty, in addition to the complete lifting of the naval blockade within 30 days, an American commitment to withdraw its forces from the vicinity of Iran, as well as the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz within 30 days according to Iranian arrangements.
The draft also includes “suspending sanctions on exports of oil, petrochemical products and their derivatives, ensuring Iran’s full access to its financial resources, and providing plans for the reconstruction of Iran worth no less than $300 billion by the United States and its allies, in addition to a 60-day deadline for negotiations to reach a final agreement based on the nuclear file and the complete lifting of primary and secondary US sanctions, as well as the resolutions of the UN Security Council and the Board of Governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency.”
According to the Iranian news agency Mehr, the draft indicates that its provisions include “renewing Iran’s commitment to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) not to produce a nuclear weapon, an American pledge during the negotiation period not to strengthen its forces in the region and not to impose any new sanctions, as well as releasing $24 billion of frozen Iranian assets during the final 60-day negotiation period, with half of this amount to be made available to Iran before the start of negotiations, in addition to establishing a monitoring mechanism to implement the agreement, and adopting the final agreement under a resolution of the UN Security Council.”
The draft adds other provisions, including “the final negotiations will not begin before half of the frozen Iranian assets are released, oil sanctions are suspended, and the naval blockade is lifted, with the final agreement being limited to the fate of enriched materials, the enrichment process, lifting sanctions, and the program to rebuild the Iranian economy. Any discussion of the Iranian missile program or Tehran’s support for resistance groups will be removed from the agenda entirely.”
Earlier on Friday, the American website Axios revealed that the memorandum of understanding between the United States and Iran includes the full opening of the Strait of Hormuz, and stipulates the extension of the ceasefire for 60 days, including Lebanon, with the resumption of nuclear negotiations during this period, and the immediate reopening of the Strait of Hormuz to international navigation without fees.
For his part, a US official said that “one of the options on the table is to reduce the level of uranium enrichment inside Iran under the supervision of UN inspectors.”
According to Axios, the mediators reached the current formula after talks between the Qatari mediator and the Iranian foreign minister, with ongoing contacts with US envoys Steve Wittkopf and Jared Kushner.
The website noted that the text has received high-level approvals within Iran, but has not yet received final approval from Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei, while mediators continue to work on finalizing it and setting a date for the signing ceremony.
Last night, US President Donald Trump announced that a “settlement” to the war with Iran had been reached, indicating that the agreement was in its final stages, with the last arrangements to be completed in the next few days.
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