In a remarkable development in the negotiations file between… US andIranThe Swiss Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced that the first round of talks between the two parties will not be held today, Friday, in Bürgenstock, as was planned.
This comes after US Vice President J.D. Vance canceled his scheduled visit to… Switzerland Today, to meet with Iranian negotiators, in preparation for the start of talks on the 14-item memorandum of understanding, according to what a spokesman said. The white house.
America-Iran understanding: Stop the war and extend the crises!
US Vice President J.D. Vance (AFP).
In a statement issued Thursday evening, a White House spokesman said that Vance and the American delegation were prepared to leave as soon as plans for the talks were finalized, “but the logistical aspects of these negotiations have never been easy or predictable.” There was no immediate response from the Iranian government.
US officials previously stated this week that an official signing ceremony for the US-Iranian agreement would be held in… GenevaHowever, the Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs indicated that this was no longer necessary after the signing of the two countries’ presidents. Donald Trump andMasoud BazeshkianThe agreement was reached electronically on Wednesday night.
Iran had announced its readiness to begin technical talks after the two parties extended the ceasefire for at least 60 days under the agreement. However, the semi-official Tasnim news agency reported earlier on Thursday that “Iranian negotiators need to see indications of the implementation of the memorandum of understanding by the United States before starting new rounds of peace talks,” and that “there is no confirmation that the Iranian delegation will travel to Geneva.”
The Iranian capital, Tehran (AFP).
The first comment from Mojtaba Khamenei on the memorandum of understanding
For his part, the Iranian Supreme Leader announced Mojtaba KhameneiOn Thursday, he approved the memorandum of understanding that I signed Washington andTehran To end a war The Middle EastAlthough he indicated reservations about it, the American forces announced the lifting of the naval blockade they were imposing on Iranian ports.
Khamenei said in his first reaction to the signing of the memorandum of understanding with the United States: “Naturally, I had a different opinion, except that I issued permission for that.” He did not go into any additional details in this regard.
Khamenei, who has not appeared in public since he took office last March, added in a written message, “It is self-evident that the direct negotiations that will be held in the future will in no way mean submission to the enemy’s opinion.”
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The US-Iranian memorandum of understanding in the balance of profit and loss
We are at the end of the second round of the US-Iranian war, which began late last February, and in which Israel is actively involved, as the first took place in June of last year. Therefore, it is not possible to predict whether the current truce will lead to a third round of war, or to a permanent and final agreement, especially since every clause of the memorandum of understanding that was reached depends everything on Iran’s commitment to American conditions, especially those related to stopping the program. Iranian nuclear weapons, and opening the Strait of Hormuz as an international transit zone.
Iranian newspapers mock Trump after signing the memorandum of understanding (AFP).
