Iran's Mehr news agency published the details of a 14-article draft memorandum of understanding that Tehran transmitted to mediators from Pakistan and Qatar, according to reports. The key demands include a US commitment to lift economic and oil sanctions, withdrawal of American forces from near the Islamic Republic, unfreezing of assets, and a pledge not to discuss Iran's ballistic missile program. The draft also calls for an active US plan to rehabilitate Iran's economy.
Iran's Mehr news agency has published the full text of a 14-article draft memorandum of understanding that Tehran submitted to Pakistani and Qatari mediators, according to reports circulating Monday morning. The document lays out Iran's core demands for any agreement with the United States.
The key conditions include: a binding US commitment to lift all economic and oil sanctions; the withdrawal of American military forces from areas surrounding the Islamic Republic; the unfreezing of Iranian assets held abroad; and a pledge by Washington that the ballistic missile program will not be discussed in negotiations. Tehran also demands an active US initiative to rebuild Iran's economy.
The development follows a series of rapid shifts in the talks. As The Zioneer reported earlier today (11:11 Jerusalem), Iranian officials stated that the final rounds of talks did not address the ballistic missile program. An Iranian analyst conceded shortly before that (11:01 Jerusalem) that most of Tehran's initial 10 preconditions were absent from the emerging deal. The new 14-article draft appears to incorporate those abandoned demands back into Iran's formal position, though the US response remains unclear. Earlier reports indicated that a Qatari mediator had informed Iran that the US had withdrawn its own new articles and reverted to the original draft (09:38 Jerusalem), a claim that now conflicts with Iran's publication of a revised 14-article text. What remains unconfirmed is whether the mediators have formally transmitted this version to Washington and what the US reaction has been.
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