Iran says peace deal with US 'has never been closer'

Iran: there is still no peace agreement with the USA
Iran's Foreign Minister, Abás Araqchi, stated this Friday (12) that an agreement between his country and the United States to end the war in the Middle East "has never been so close".
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"The Islamabad memorandum of understanding will never was so close. Pending its finalization, the media must refrain from speculating about its content", and "all the details" will be communicated "at the appropriate time", wrote Araqchi in X.
The President of the United States, Donald Trump, in turn, has publicly positioned himself in a conflicting manner this Friday. He reposted Araqchi's message on his social network Truth Social, hours before he had called the Iranian government "very dishonorable people to negotiate with" and that the terms of the peace plan that would have been publicized by the North American media "have nothing to do" with what was agreed. week in Europe. Iran responded that it had not yet reached the hammer for an agreement.
This Friday, the American president also said that the details of the agreement published by the American press are false. Earlier, the CNN International TV network stated, based on sources within the Iranian regime, that the memorandum between the two parties provides that:
There will be a new 60-day ceasefire on 'all fronts', including Lebanon;
The Strait of Hormuz will be reopened immediately. Iran would not charge fees to vessels, and local traffic would return to pre-war levels within 30 days;
The US would also lift the naval blockade that its ships have at the entrance to Hormuz;
Sanctions on Iran would be progressively relaxed;
Iran would commit to not obtaining a nuclear weapon.
The Reuters news agency heard from a US government source that the agreement provides that:
The Strait of Hormuz will be reopened;
The Iranian nuclear program will be dismantled;
Iran will not receive money from its sanctions-frozen assets until it fulfills its side of the deal.
The Iranian state press announced this Friday (12) that Tehran will not give up control of the Strait of Hormuz and the right to enrich uranium. Iranian news agency Mehr says the memorandum of understanding between the two countries should:
Lift US sanctions on Iran;
Withdraw US military forces from the vicinity of the country;
Lift the naval blockade of Iranian ports, with reopening of the Strait of Hormuz;
Stop hostilities on all fronts of the war, including Lebanon.
Agreement after bombs
Almost a month after the ceasefire declaration, the USA and Iran returned to combat in the Strait of Hormuz region this week.
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The proximity of an agreement between the two countries was announced by Trump himself on Thursday (12). After announcing a third night of attacks on Iranian territory and saying that he intended to control the country's oil and gas, Trump canceled the offensive and stated that he had decided to cancel it after negotiators reached a consensus on the "final points" of the proposal.
The US president said that a definitive agreement with Tehran "may be signed over the weekend". The signing would "probably" take place in Europe and would be attended by his deputy, JD Vance, according to Trump.
Trump said that the "memorandum of understanding" has already been approved "by everyone in Iran", including the country's supreme leader, and that it is a great agreement, "because Iran will never have a nuclear weapon".
Minutes after Trump's speech, however, Iran stated that the country has not yet approved any agreement. "No text for the initial memorandum of understanding with the United States has been approved," said the Fars state agency.
New attacks
US and Iran resume attacks in the Persian Gulf
Indications of an agreement come after the United States and Iran once again exchanged attacks, even under a ceasefire.
The new escalation began after the crash of a US military helicopter during an overflight in the Strait of Hormuz region. After the episode, Trump accused Iran of having attacked the aircraft and said he would have to fight back.
The same night, the US bombed defense systems on Iranian territory and radars in Hormuz. Iran responded with attacks on a US base in Bahrain. On Wednesday (10), the US carried out a new attack, responded by Tehran with missiles launched again at countries in the Persian Gulf.
Iran announced the closure of the Strait of Hormuz and said that the escalation further complicated talks for a peace agreement, in addition to making the ceasefire currently in effect "meaningless".
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