The U.S. and Iran are working on secret proposals to implement the agreement — CNN
The United States and Iran have begun confidential work on drafting secret proposals to implement the far-reaching 14-point agreement that the parties signed this week.
The new documents contain detailed mechanisms for resolving the key issue of the future of Iran’s nuclear program, which has been the central theme of the long-standing conflict.
Despite significant progress in the negotiations, informed sources emphasized that these documents are currently far from a final version and are still a work in progress.
Iran has not yet signed any additional documents, as it did with the main memorandum of understanding.
This situation raises serious questions among analysts as to whether the administration has overestimated the commitments it has secured from Iran, and it underscores once again how quickly fragile political efforts to reach a final agreement can unravel.
Officials in Washington decided to proceed in stages due to a lack of time to iron out absolutely all the diplomatic details directly during the summit.
According to a source, it would have taken additional time for Iran to formally approve these previously secret proposals, so the U.S. side decided to limit itself to releasing the signed memorandum of understanding and to work out the remaining details during subsequent negotiations.
A regional official described the recorded portions of the proposals as “working” documents that both sides agreed to formalize as the next step.
Despite its commitment to maximum transparency in its relations with Congress, the White House faced some internal pressure regarding non-public agreements with Tehran.
Although representatives of the Trump administration told lawmakers that they were unaware of any “side agreements” related to the memorandum of understanding, they did acknowledge that some documents had not been made public.
The team led by U.S. President Donald Trump is trying to strike a balance between national security and diplomatic flexibility.
CNN reported this, citing information from unnamed senior U.S. officials.
U.S.-Iran Deal Sends Brent Crude to Lowest Level Since March — Reuters
Bloomberg published a draft memorandum between the U.S. and Iran
