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12 Jun 2026, 14:10

🔸The newspaper Etemad, inside Iran, quoted a media member of the Islamic Republic's negotiating team, and the Axios website, outside Iran, cited a diplomat from a mediating country and an American official on Friday, June 22, reporting on the possible content of an agreement between Iran and the United States.

🔸These two reports are somewhat close to each other, but Etemad's report, despite having more details, aligns more closely with the Iranian government's perspective, while Axios's text conditions some issues on the future of negotiations, such as the suspension of sanctions, which Axios states is contingent on Tehran's adherence to the agreement.

🔸Etemad, quoting a "member of the media committee of the Iranian negotiating team," mentions a 14-article agreement emphasizing "the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz within 30 days with Iranian arrangements" and "the suspension of sanctions on oil sales, petrochemical products, and derivatives, and Iran's full access to its financial resources."

🔸Meanwhile, Axios reports that the Strait of Hormuz "will be reopened immediately without tariffs" and that "within 30 days," the number of ships passing through this strait will return to pre-war levels. In response to this action, the U.S. will also lift the naval blockade of Iranian ports, which significantly affects Iran's oil exports. Axios quotes its diplomatic source as saying, "No date has been set for the suspension of sanctions, and the suspension is contingent upon the implementation of the agreement [by Iran]."

🔸According to Axios, the suspension of sanctions will increase when Iran "implements the agreement and demonstrates goodwill in subsequent negotiations."

🔸Another difference between the two reports regarding the possible content relates to the release or non-release of Iran's frozen assets. Etemad, quoting its source, states: "The release of $24 billion of Iran's frozen funds during the 60-day final negotiations. Half of this amount must be made available to Iran before the negotiations begin."

🔸This comes as Donald Trump had previously explicitly opposed the release of Iran's funds before negotiations or reaching an agreement and is generally sensitive to this issue due to his past experience with Barack Obama regarding the JCPOA.

🔸Axios remains silent on this matter, stating that "it is unclear" whether the text of the agreement contains information about Iran's funds.

🔸Regarding Iran's nuclear program, Axios wrote that the agreement will include "commitments" from Iran, most importantly that Iran will never seek nuclear weapons and will resolve the deadlock regarding enriched uranium, two issues that Trump focuses on.

🔸According to Axios, Trump has agreed that one option for resolving this issue is the dilution of uranium within Iran "under the supervision of UN experts," a point that the New York Times had previously reported.

🔸Etemad's source only referred to these topics in this way: "60 days of negotiations to reach a final agreement based on nuclear issues and the complete lifting of primary and secondary sanctions, U.S. sanctions, and UN Security Council resolutions and the International Atomic Energy Agency's Board of Governors" and "reiterating Iran's commitment in the NPT treaty not to produce nuclear weapons."

🔸In this section of Etemad's report, the fate of enriched materials is not mentioned.

🔸Overall, based on Axios's report, the agreement, if signed, will extend the ceasefire of the war, including in Lebanon, for 60 days, during which Tehran and Washington are expected to hold nuclear negotiations.

🔸As Axios wrote, Iran and the U.S. have agreed on the text of the agreement, and this text has also been approved by high-ranking officials in the Islamic Republic, but "it probably has not yet received the approval of Mojtaba Khamenei." Therefore, the current statement by the Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson that the agreement has not yet been finalized is closer to reality.

🔸While Trump had mentioned the signing of the agreement possibly on Saturday and Sunday, Axios reported that four U.S. Air Force planes flew on Thursday to transport equipment for the trip of G.D. Vance, Trump's deputy, to Geneva, Switzerland, for the signing ceremony "in the coming days."
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