The New York Times has published details of an unwritten agreement between Tehran and Washington, saying Washington is in secret talks with Iran to contain Tehran’s nuclear program and release imprisoned Americans.
America’s goal is to reach an informal, unwritten agreement, which some Iranian officials are calling a political ceasefire, and prevent a further escalation of long-standing hostilities.
She stated that “indirect talks, some of which are taking place in the Sultanate of Oman, reflect the resumption of diplomatic relations between the United States and Iran following the failure of talks to renew the 2015 nuclear deal”, showing that “Iran will agree, under the new agreement, not to enrich uranium above the current production level of “60 percent”.
Iranian officials said Iran would also stop deadly attacks on US contractors in Syria and Iraq by its proxies in the region, increase its cooperation with international nuclear inspectors, and refrain from selling ballistic missiles to Russia. tightening sanctions that are choking its economy. Indeed, not to seize foreign oil tankers, as they did last April, and not to seek new punitive resolutions in the UN or the International Atomic Energy Agency against Iran for its nuclear activities.
According to the newspaper, “Iran also expects the United States to unfreeze billions of dollars in Iranian assets to be used solely for humanitarian purposes in exchange for the release of three Iranian-American prisoners,” adding, “Iranian officials are also trying to demand about $7 billion dollars as payment for the purchase of “oil seized in South Korea, which they linked to the release of American prisoners.”
She explained that “this money will also be limited to humanitarian use and kept in a Qatari bank,” according to an Iranian official and several others familiar with the talks.
Source: The New York Times.
