Information: Here are the points of the US-Iran agreement
The Bloomberg news agency has published what it says is a draft of the 14-point agreement that Iran and the US are to formally sign on Friday.
The first point of the agreement states that the countries and their allies immediately end the war on all fronts – including Lebanon, which Israel has attacked in order to defeat the terrorist group Hezbollah.
In points four and five, respectively, the countries agree that the US will lift its blockade of Iranian ports and that Iran will open the Strait of Hormuz to international traffic.
The other points establish other parts of the agreement that several media outlets have previously reported on through sources. This concerns, among other things, an investment fund of around 300 billion dollars – equivalent to around 2800 billion kronor – that will be established to rehabilitate the Iranian economy.
Coalition ready to clear mines in the Strait of Hormuz
Following the announcement of an agreement between Iran and the US, a coalition of around 20 countries is ready to clear mines and otherwise facilitate shipping when the Strait of Hormuz reopens, France 24 reports.
The TV channel states that France and Britain have been the driving force in bringing the countries together in the coalition. In addition to them, Germany and Italy have said they are ready to provide mine-clearing ships.
France, in turn, has had a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier in place near the Arabian Peninsula since mid-May.
“It could be deployed within two to three days,” French President Emmanuel Macron said on Monday, but added that it is not certain that the US will accept offers of help.
Experts: “Is a complete capitulation on the part of the US”
If the US and Iran actually sign the 14-point memorandum of understanding that Bloomberg published on Wednesday – and which is claimed to be the latest official draft – it will mean a “scorching defeat for the US and Donald Trump”.
This is what Fredrik Meiton, head of the North Africa and Middle East Program at the Swedish Institute for International Affairs, says in an interview with DI.
“I read it as a complete capitulation on the part of the US. These are enormous concessions,” says Meiton, referring, among other things, to the points that mean the US will work to lift several international sanctions against Iran.
Similar opinions are heard from several quarters around the world. In a column for Bloomberg, analyst John Authers writes that “few thought it would be the US, not Iran, that would wave a white flag”.
“It is difficult to see what this American escapade has accomplished, beyond killing a very old man,” Authers continues, referring to the death of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei at the beginning of the war.
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