[52534] Reports of a potential breakthrough: The US and Iran are close to a memorandum to end the fighting

[52534] Reports of a potential breakthrough: The US and Iran are close to a memorandum to end the fighting

Dramatic progress in contacts between Washington and Tehran

According to widespread reports based on sources in the White House and the Axios website, the US and Iran are close to signing a "one-page memorandum of understanding" intended to bring an end to the fighting. According to the report in Axios, the memorandum will outline the framework for more complex future negotiations regarding the Iranian nuclear program.

Details of the emerging agreement

Various sources, including Avishay (Channel 14) / Alexey Zheleznov and Dmitry Dubov, detail the principles of the emerging deal:

• Enrichment freeze: This concerns a 12 to 15-year moratorium (freeze) on uranium enrichment, alongside the removal of high-enriched uranium stockpiles outside of Iran.


• Sanctions and economy: The US is expected to commit to the gradual lifting of sanctions and the release of tens of billions of dollars of frozen Iranian funds.


• Freedom of navigation: As part of the arrangement, a gradual lifting of the naval blockade is expected.

Timelines and responses

According to the reports, the White House is awaiting Tehran's response within 48 hours regarding key points in the memorandum. Pakistani sources cited in Reuters also confirmed that the parties are at the closest point to an agreement since the beginning of the conflict.

Simultaneously, in the domestic American arena, 30 members of Congress from the Democratic Party called on Secretary of State Marco Rubio, as published in Mignews.com, to demand transparency regarding the nuclear program attributed to Israel, claiming that Washington's "double standard" weakens efforts to prevent nuclear proliferation in the Middle East.