Details: Iran with new offer – Putin involved
Updated 07.04 | Published 05.53
Iran has made a negotiation offer to break the deadlock.
According to Axios, the proposal is to agree on the Strait of Hormuz – but not on uranium.
At the same time, Putin is getting involved in the process.
At the last minute, Donald Trump swerved and did not send any American representatives to Pakistan for the talks that were planned for the weekend. Instead, the negotiations have continued via representatives.
During the night towards Monday, Axios revealed that Iran has made a bid to break the deadlock. The proposal has been presented to the Pakistani mediators and sent to the White House. This means that Iran and the US should, in a first step, agree on an opening of the Strait of Hormuz and an end to the American blockade.
The issue of Iran's uranium, however, will not be included. Instead, it will be dealt with later, according to the offer. The information is in line with last week's report that Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei has swung and banned negotiations on uranium. Speaker Mohammed Bagher Ghalibaf is said to have been tapped as a negotiator because he participated in the previous talks on enrichment.
According to Axios' latest information, Iran has now made it clear to several mediating countries that there is a domestic crack in the view of the US demand for a long-term enrichment ban and the export of uranium that has already been processed.
That is why the country's representatives are now proposing that the Strait of Hormuz and the blockade should be discussed first. This should be followed by a longer ceasefire with new negotiations on a permanent end to the war. Only then can uranium be discussed, according to the Iranian offer.
According to Axios, it is unclear whether the US is even willing to delve into the proposal. The newspaper notes that Trump loses an important negotiating card if the US blockade is lifted.
On Monday, Donald Trump is expected to hold a meeting in the White House Situation Room where he will discuss Iran with his top names in security and foreign policy.
At the same time, Iran has announced that Russian President Vladimir Putin will be directly involved in the process. Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, who participated in the previous talks with the US, already left Islamabad for St. Petersburg on Sunday. According to Iranian state media, he will now meet with Putin to “discuss the latest developments in the negotiations, the ceasefire and regional issues”.
