After Donald Trump made an offer akin to a prior agreement mediated by Barack Obama, which he destroyed, Iran is now contemplating US proposals to end the war.
After Tehran received a proposal that involves easing sanctions provided uranium enrichment is capped at 3.67 percent, Mr. Trump stated that the crisis may end within a week.
It is precisely the same level that Mr. Trump has mocked as “the worst deal ever” and that Mr. Obama committed to in 2015.
After barely two days, the US President also called off Operation Freedom, which was his attempt to liberate ships stuck in the Strait of Hormuz.
Iran has until tomorrow to reply, and both parties will permit ships to sail freely through the channel if the agreement is inked.
The easing of all US sanctions and restrictions on Iran’s nuclear program would then be negotiated during a 30-day window.
“Assuming Iran agrees to give what has been agreed to, which is, perhaps, a big assumption, the already legendary Epic Fury will be at an end and the highly effective blockade will allow the Strait of Hormuz to be open to all, including Iran,” Mr. Trump wrote on his Truth Social network yesterday.
“If they don’t agree, the bombing starts and it will be, sadly, at a much higher level and intensity than it was before,” he continued.
According to Donald Trump, the battle might end in a week (pictured: Trump and wife Melania at the White House yesterday).
A painting at Tehran’s Vanak Square that shows the Strait of Hormuz and reads “Forever in Iran’s Hand” in Persian
An outline agreement is almost finished, according to a source from Pakistan, which has been mediating negotiations between Washington and Tehran.
“We will close this very soon,” they declared. We’re getting close.
Iran’s IRGC Navy stated that safe travel via the strait would be feasible after “threats from aggressors” ended, in an apparent show of goodwill.
However, a spokesman for the nation’s parliamentary national security committee, Ebrahim Rezaei, called the one-page document “more a list of American wishes than a reality” and promised “a harsh and regret-inducing response” in the absence of “necessary concessions.”
According to the Axios news website, the agreement requires Iran to stop all uranium enrichment for 12 to 15 years, with automatic extensions if Tehran breaks the rules.
Additionally, it calls on the regime to remove its stockpile of highly enriched uranium from the nation, but it doesn’t say how.
The new pact seems to be similar to the 2015 arrangement, which Mr. Trump constantly mocked and abandoned during his first term in office.
Journalist Andrew Neil wrote on X: “What we know about Trump’s peace plan contains striking similarities to Obama’s: sanctions lifted, frozen billions released, and Iran capped at the same 3.67 percent enrichment level agreed upon by Obama.”
Even so, I’m not convinced Tehran will consent. The government believes Trump is fleeing. And it might be correct.
“If this deal is actually signed, it would be a fitting finale to a campaign that began as “Epic Fury” and is concluding as “Epic Disaster,” stated Iran expert Danny Citrinowicz.
He cautioned that if Iran continues to assist its proxies and gains wealth from the lifting of sanctions while maintaining its missile capabilities, it will be “stronger than before.”
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Israel seems to have been caught off guard by the proposal; a source told Reuters that it had been getting ready for an intensification of hostilities and was not aware that the two parties were nearing a deal.
Iran’s foreign minister, Abbas Araghchi, arrived in Beijing yesterday for discussions, suggesting that China is playing a significant role in mediating peace.
Before visiting Beijing next week to meet with President Xi Jinping, Mr. Trump declared last night that there was a “very good chance” the war would stop.
Mr. Trump told reporters that the United States and Iran had excellent conversations over the past 24 hours and that an agreement between Washington and Tehran was quite likely.
His remarks were made while Mr. Trump and his spouse Melania participated in a Military Mother’s Day celebration at the White House to honour the bravery and sacrifice of military families.
In the meantime, US soldiers claimed to have disabled an oil ship flying the Iranian flag in the Gulf of Oman by firing at it.
According to the US military, M/T Hasna attempted to sail to an Iranian port in violation of a US blockade.
