Iran and the United States have reached a tentative agreement to turn the existing ceasefire into a more long-lasting settlement, US officials said Thursday.
However, President Donald Trump hasn’t signed off on the proposal. It is also not clear whether Iran’s supreme leader has given his approval, believed to be another necessary step toward ending the conflict. Iran’s semi-official Tasnim News Agency, citing unnamed sources close to the negotiating team, reported later Thursday that the text of the agreement “has not yet been finalized or made definitive.”
The tentative deal comes as the situation in the region remains tense. The US carried out new strikes in Iran early Thursday, targeting a site that posed a threat to US forces and commercial traffic, according to a US official.
A “memorandum of understanding” between the two sides would include language lifting constraints on the Strait of Hormuz, allowing unrestricted navigation by vessels and lifting of a US blockade on Iran’s ports.
It would also start a 60-day negotiation period to address Iran’s nuclear program, including the fate of its stockpile of highly enriched uranium. Sources said the most difficult issues related to Iran’s nuclear program still have to be worked out as part of those talks.
Here’s what we know about some of the key issues at stake.
The Strait of Hormuz
Trump wrote in a social media post late Saturday that the Strait of Hormuz would reopen under the memorandum.
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