WashingtonIran’s state television reported this Wednesday that it has reached the draft of a preliminary agreement between the United States and Iran that includes the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz in exchange for the lifting of the US naval blockade. According to this information, which referred to the agreement as “initial and unofficial”, Iran would manage the strait in cooperation with Oman, so that both “consolidate their power” in the area.
The White House, however, stated that the news is not true and that the document it refers to is a “complete fabrication”. “No one should believe what Iranian state media are publishing,” it said on social media. Iranian public television, IRIB, maintains that the agreement includes the withdrawal of American “military forces” from “areas around Iran”, a matter that the United States has said is inconceivable.
The document, according to information from Iran, does not mention relevant points such as what would happen with Iran’s nuclear program or its enriched uranium, which Trump wants to see destroyed or handed over to the United States. “The enriched uranium (nuclear dust!) will be immediately handed over to the United States to be taken away and destroyed or, preferably, jointly and in coordination with the Islamic Republic of Iran, it will be destroyed in situ or, in another acceptable location,” the president wrote on his social network Monday night.
For days, the United States has been fueling the idea that the agreement with Iran is practically concluded and that the details will soon be known. Washington and Tehran have been negotiating a long-term peace agreement since April, when they agreed to a ceasefire. Along these lines, US Vice President J.D. Vance, stated in an interview this Tuesday that he is “extremely hopeful” regarding the negotiation process. “I think the hardest question is whether they accept a mechanism that gives us confidence that they will not violate the agreement in the future,” he told NBC.