More than three months after the start of the Iran war, an agreement between Washington and Tehran to end the fighting is within reach.
US President Donald Trump said in a post on Truth Social that an agreement between the US and Iran is set to be signed on Sunday: “In fact, Iran no longer wants a nuclear weapon and will not have one – either through purchase, development or any other form of acquisition. The agreement is scheduled to be signed tomorrow; immediately after the signing, the Strait of Hormuz will be open to all.”
According to media reports, Iran had recently ruled out an agreement on Sunday – even though Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi confirmed on Friday that an agreement was within reach. “The Islamabad MoU has never been so close to completion,” he wrote on Details would be shared with the public in due course.
The evening before, Pakistan’s government, which is mediating between the conflicting parties, reported that representatives from Washington and Tehran had agreed on an agreement. “We can confirm that a final text of the peace agreement, agreed by all sides, has been reached,” wrote Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on X. Pakistan is now working closely with both sides to finalize the next steps.
A framework agreement would be an important milestone in ending the war that the USA and Israel started against Iran on February 28th. At the beginning of April, the states agreed on a ceasefire. Peace talks followed in the Pakistani capital Islamabad. However, there was no breakthrough at that time. The conflict threatened to escalate again and again.
Recently, the positions before a possible framework agreement were significantly different. There were disputes over, among other things, Iran’s nuclear program, shipping traffic in the Strait of Hormuz, the war in Lebanon, sanctions against Iran and frozen Iranian assets abroad.
Julia Walter, editorial team at finanzen.net with material from dpa-AFX