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US officials say initial agreement has been reached on a 60-day memorandum of understanding and the launch of nuclear talks. Most of the terms have been agreed, but the US president asked for a few days to think it over. On the table: a ceasefire, enriched uranium and sanctions relief.
A CNN analysis of satellite images reveals that the Islamic Republic has reopened at least 50 blocked access points at 18 underground missile sites. Contrary to statements by Trump, the arsenal was not destroyed but trapped, and is now being cleared with bulldozers. The Pentagon is concerned that Iran will rebuild its drone fleet within six months.
US President Donald Trump sent Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and other regional leaders a draft memorandum with Iran, while Tehran published a counterdocument demanding that the US Navy move away from the Strait of Hormuz. Washington says no deal will be signed that would allow Iran to hold nuclear weapons or control the Strait of Hormuz.
A regional diplomatic source says deep divisions on both sides are holding up a memorandum of understanding, as Washington pushes Iran to meet baseline nuclear and maritime conditions while talks continue under the US naval blockade.
Activists from the “Sumud convoy,” who were making their way to the Gaza Strip through Libya and Egypt, were detained by forces loyal to Gen. Khalifa Haftar in western Libya. Ten activists were arrested and face deportation from the country.
Iran's supreme leader issued a written statement marking the pilgrimage to Mecca, lashing out at Israel and the United States. "The feeble Zionist regime and the cancerous tumor of Israel have approached the final stages of their cursed lives," Khamenei wrote.
Qatar’s involvement in the talks between the US and Iran is not coincidental, and in fact began several weeks ago. According to two diplomatic sources in the Gulf and a Western intelligence official, Qatar is providing financial assistance to Iran. In the incidents that followed the ceasefire, the United Arab Emirates was attacked, as was Saudi Arabia on one occasion, but Qatar remained protected.
Forces loyal to Gen. Khalifa Haftar blocked the “Sumud Convoy” and prevented its members from moving toward the Egyptian border. A small convoy of several ambulances was allowed to pass through one of the checkpoints, but its fate is unknown, and the 10 activists who left with it are considered missing.
The US secretary of state said Washington was prepared to give diplomacy "every chance to succeed," but was not ruling out "alternatives." At the same time, US officials told CBS that the supreme leader was staying at an unknown location, almost entirely cut off from the outside world, and that communication with him was being conducted through a network of couriers, delaying efforts to finalize the deal.
The US president addressed the emerging talks with Tehran and made clear that the naval blockade on the country’s ports would remain fully in force until an agreement is reached. Trump attacked the Obama administration’s nuclear deal as a “direct path to a nuclear weapon,” and declared that the current deal is exactly the opposite. He later thanked countries in the region and surprised observers by saying: “Who knows, perhaps Iran would like to join the Abraham Accords.”
