Iran: Has received draft agreement framework

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Updated 16.19 | Published 13.25

 

US President Donald Trump in a picture from Monday. Photo: Alex Brandon/AP/TT

Iran has received a draft of a first framework for an agreement with the US, the country's state media reported.

US President Donald Trump is expected to brief his ministers on the peace talks on Wednesday.

The draft concerns a first, unofficial framework for a memorandum of understanding with the US, Iranian state media reported.

According to the draft, commercial shipping through the Strait of Hormuz should return to pre-war levels within a month, the AFP news agency reported. In return, the US should withdraw its forces from Iran's vicinity and lift the naval blockade of Iranian ports.

Ship traffic through the strait will be managed by Iran in cooperation with Oman, according to the information. Iran will also be able to charge fees for passage through the strait, which was not the case before the war.

Within 60 days

If a final agreement is reached within 60 days, it will reportedly be approved as a binding resolution in the UN Security Council, according to the draft.

The meeting between Trump and the administration will be held at the White House on Wednesday, the AP news agency reports.

Over the weekend, Trump said that negotiations were underway on the final details of a proposed peace agreement. An Iranian spokesman also stated that the parties had agreed on a framework.

Iran's Deputy Foreign Minister Ali Baqeri Kani reiterated on Wednesday that the issue of highly enriched uranium is not part of the ongoing talks with the United States, the Fars news agency reports.

Economic pressure

Iran’s intelligence ministry says it has received intelligence that the US and Israel are trying to “intensify economic pressure” on Iran, create divisions and carry out sabotage, AFP reports.

“The enemy is now striving by other means to overthrow and divide the country, a goal that it openly declared at the beginning of the last war, but failed to achieve through military strikes,” the ministry said in a statement published in Iranian media.

The war broke out on February 28 when the US and Israel launched attacks on Iran. A ceasefire has been in place since April 8.