Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi announced Tuesday that Tehran has split the negotiations with the US into two phases due to difficulties reaching understandings and what he described as attacks by the US and 'the Zionist regime' against Iran. The first phase will cover ending the war, the Strait of Hormuz, release of frozen Iranian funds, and reconstruction. A 60-day period will then follow for final talks on the nuclear issue and sanctions relief.
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said Tuesday morning that Tehran has restructured its negotiation track with the United States into two phases, citing difficulties reaching understandings and what he termed 'attacks by the US and the Zionist regime against Iran.'
The first phase, as outlined by Araghchi, will cover ending the war, freedom of navigation in the Strait of Hormuz, the release of frozen Iranian assets, and reconstruction. Only after that phase is completed, he said, will the talks move to a second, 60-day window for final negotiations on the nuclear program and the removal of sanctions.
The announcement comes after weeks of reports—previously covered by The Zioneer—about a two-stage memorandum of understanding framework. Araghchi had earlier suggested the 60-day window could be extended if needed, and warned of US 'evasion' on first-phase commitments. The new statement formalizes the phased approach as an official Iranian decision, publicly attributing the delay to US and Israeli military actions. The precise status of an agreed MoU text remains unclear.
2 developments
Source and signal
- Internal intake