HIBAPRESS – Follow-up
The White House announced on Tuesday that negotiations with Iran are still ongoing, stressing that the administration of President Donald Trump will not rush to conclude an agreement that does not take its interests into account.
He affirmed in statements to journalists that Trump will only sign an agreement that puts American national security at the top of the priorities. In contrast, the American president expressed his dissatisfaction with the latest Iranian proposal to stop the war, as informed officials expected it to be rejected, considering it insufficient to end the conflict that broke out on February 28. They explained that lifting the naval blockade on Iranian ports and reopening the Strait of Hormuz without resolving the file of uranium enrichment or its stocks close to military use may deprive Washington of a key pressure card in the negotiations, according to what CNN reported. The Iranian proposal had called for postponing the discussion of the nuclear program until after the war, in exchange for addressing the disputes related to navigation in the Strait of Hormuz, a proposal that does not align with Washington's position, which insists on addressing the nuclear file from the beginning. In a related context, informed sources revealed that mediators in Pakistan expect Iran to submit a modified proposal in the coming days, in an attempt to end the war. The sources added that Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi returned to Tehran after a visit to Russia, where he is expected to hold consultations with the leaders of the regime. She pointed out that the slowness of the negotiations is partly due to the difficulty of communicating with the Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei, whose position is surrounded by great secrecy, while at the same time confirming that the negotiation path is still open and changing, and that its outcome will depend on the extent to which Iran presents an offer more acceptable to the United States.
