“We are still working. We thought we might have some news last night. Maybe today,” US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Monday during a visit to India. “It will take some time before we get an answer from Iran,” he added, ordering the negotiators not to rush the agreement unnecessarily.
“Despite some negotiations that took place today, obstruction by the US continues on some points of the agreement, including the release of frozen Iranian assets, and these issues have not yet been resolved. There is still a possibility that an agreement will not be reached. Iran stressed that it will not back down from its red lines,” Iran’s Tasnim news agency reported on Sunday.
US President Donald Trump first declared on Saturday that Washington and Iran had “largely” reached an understanding regarding a peace agreement that would reopen the Strait of Hormuz.
According to Axios website sources, the preliminary agreement should include a 60-day extension of the ceasefire, during which the Strait of Hormuz should be reopened and Iran should be able to export oil without restrictions. At the same time, negotiations on the Iranian nuclear program would continue.
On Sunday, Trump criticized the earlier agreement that the US concluded with Iran during the administration of Barack Obama. According to him, the agreement previously terminated by Washington gave Tehran “a huge amount of cash” and opened the way for it to obtain nuclear weapons.
