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Iran pushes differing versions of agreement as U.S. sticks to timeline
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Iran circulated competing versions of a proposed interim agreement with the US, even as President Donald Trump stuck to his Sunday timeline to sign a deal.
Key facts
- The competing drafts only exacerbated days of confusion around the prospects for a deal to end the fighting that began with US and Israeli missile attacks against Iran on February 28
- But Iran also didn’t like the symbolism of signing the deal on Trump’s birthday
- The Strait of Hormuz would reopen quickly and Iran would get sanctions relief to sell oil
- Iran circulated competing versions of a proposed interim agreement with the US, even as President Donald Trump stuck to his Sunday timeline to sign a deal
Summary
All of the competing texts, there were at least three, include similar elements around reopening the vital Strait of Hormuz waterway, giving Iran sanctions relief and opening the door to longer-term negotiations around its nuclear program. But they diverge in key respects, making it hard to assess how much of a win the deal will be for either side. The White House declined to comment even with time running out for the US and Iran to sign their agreement by Sunday, Trump’s 80th birthday, as the president had promised. At one point earlier Sunday, the likelihood of a signing appeared to grow more remote after Israel’s military hit the Lebanese capital, saying it was targeting Hezbollah after the Iranian-backed group fired more projectiles into northern Israel.