Extension of the ceasefire, reopening of the Strait of Hormuz… What is contained in the new draft agreement between the United States and Iran, currently under negotiation

“It may be possible that in the next few hours the world will receive some good news.” From India, where he is traveling, Marco Rubio suggested that an agreement with Iran to end the war in the Middle East could be concluded on Sunday May 24. According to the American Secretary of State, “significant progress” took place with Tehran in recent days.

According to the American media Axios, which cites an American official, this agreement, currently being finalized, provides for an extension of the ceasefire by 60 days. During this period, the Strait of Hormuz would once again be accessible to navigation, without toll. “The Strait of Hormuz will be opened”, promised Donald Trump, in a long message published on his Truth Social network. “It’s an international waterway. What [les Iraniens] “What is currently being done is in effect threatening to destroy commercial vessels that use an international waterway.”rappelling Marco Rubio after New Delhi.

In exchange, the United States must lift the blockade of Iranian ports and “would grant waivers to certain sanctions to allow Iran to freely sell its oil.” The text should also make it possible to unblock certain Iranian assets currently held in banks located outside Iran.

Finally, this two-month ceasefire would be “renewable by mutual consent”. American forces mobilized in recent months “would remain in the region during this 60-day period and would only withdraw if a final agreement was reached.”

On the other hand, the nuclear aspect still seems vague at this stage. Axios says the draft agreement “includes commitments on the part of Iran to never acquire nuclear weapons and to negotiate the suspension of its uranium enrichment program as well as the elimination of its stockpile of highly enriched uranium.” The goal of the United States is that Iran “never possesses nuclear weapons”Marco Rubio said again, Sunday morning.

The story is very different in the corridors of power in Tehran. According to the Iranian Tasnim news agency, “the current phase is limited to the question of the end of the war” et “all questions concerning nuclear power have been postponed until later.” “At this stage, Iran has not accepted any measures in the nuclear field,” still assures this same source.

“Contrary to what some media try to insinuate, Iran has no obligation under this agreement to give up its nuclear stockpiles, withdraw its equipment, close its facilities, or even commit not to build a nuclear bomb.”also writes the Fars agency.

During a meeting with officials from Iranian state television on Sunday, President Massoud Pezeshkian warned: “No decision will be made” on the final signing of this agreement “sans la coordination et l’authorization du Guide suprême”.