The US and Iran are nearing agreement on a memorandum of understanding to end their nine-and-a-half week war and lay out plans for talks about the future of the Islamic Republic’s nuclear program.
Reuters quoted an official from Pakistan, which has mediated peace efforts for several weeks, as saying of the negotiations: “We will close this very soon. We are getting close.”
Axios, citing four sources including two US officials, also reported that Washington and Tehran were closer to a peace deal than at any point since US and Israeli strikes on Iran began Feb. 28 and that a response from Iran on several key points was expected in the next 48 hours.
Reports of movement toward a deal to end hostilities emerged after President Trump abrutply announced an end to his Project Freedom initiative to reopen the Strait of Hormuz to global shipping after just two days, while Secretary of State Marco Rubio told reporters that the US campaign against Iran was “over.”
