Washington/Islamabad: The United States and Iran are moving closer to a US-Iran memorandum aimed at ending the war, CNN reported on Wednesday, citing a regional source familiar with the negotiations.
The White House received positive feedback from Pakistani mediators on Tuesday that Iran was moving toward a compromise, CNN reported, citing two Trump administration officials.
The report said a renewed diplomatic push had emerged in recent days. It quoted a regional source as saying that US President Donald Trump appeared to be simplifying issues so that moderates in Iran could return to the negotiating table.
A one-page plan under internal discussion would declare an end to the war and open a 30-day negotiation period on unresolved issues, including nuclear matters, frozen Iranian assets and future security in the Strait of Hormuz, CNN reported.
The proposal would include discussions on a uranium-enrichment moratorium lasting more than 10 years, according to the report. It would also require Iran to ship its stockpile of highly enriched uranium out of the country, though details remained under negotiation.
CNN reported that positive signals from Pakistani mediators helped spur Trump to pause “Project Freedom,” an operation designed to guide stranded ships out of the Strait of Hormuz.
The regional source told CNN that stronger US pressure through Project Freedom and Operation Epic Fury had hardened Iran’s hardliners. Trump’s top priority was finding a diplomatic off-ramp and reopening the strait quickly, administration officials told the network.
