The United States and Iran have reportedly reached a tentative agreement on a 60-day ceasefire framework and the launch of negotiations over Tehran’s nuclear program, though President Donald Trump has not yet given final approval to the deal.
According to Axios reporter Barak Ravid, citing two U.S. officials and a regional source involved in the mediation efforts, negotiators finalized most of the memorandum of understanding earlier this week. Iranian officials later signaled they had secured approval from senior leadership and were prepared to sign, though Tehran has not publicly confirmed the claim.
“The president relayed to the mediators that he wants a couple of days to think about it,” one U.S. official told Axios.
If finalized, the agreement would mark the most significant diplomatic breakthrough since the conflict began and could temporarily stabilize one of the world’s most dangerous flashpoints while broader negotiations continue.
Under the proposed 60-day framework, shipping through the Strait of Hormuz would remain “unrestricted,” according to U.S. officials. Iran would reportedly be required to remove naval mines from the waterway within 30 days, while the U.S. naval blockade would be lifted gradually as commercial shipping resumes.
The draft agreement would also include an Iranian commitment not to pursue a nuclear weapon and would immediately launch negotiations over Tehran’s highly enriched uranium stockpile and future uranium enrichment activities.
In exchange, the United States would reportedly agree to discuss sanctions relief, the release of frozen Iranian funds, and mechanisms to facilitate humanitarian aid and commercial goods entering Iran.
“This is an agreement to get everybody to the table. We will work out the details in the negotiations,” one U.S. official told Axios.
Despite the apparent breakthrough, tensions remain high. According to the report, U.S. and Iranian forces were involved in two separate skirmishes in the Strait of Hormuz within the past 48 hours even as negotiators worked to finalize the draft agreement.
Trump and his advisers reportedly believed they were close to a breakthrough several times earlier in the conflict, only for negotiations to repeatedly stall.
U.S. officials involved in the talks insisted there are no secret side agreements involving sanctions relief or financial concessions to Tehran.
“The more the Iranians are willing to give, the more they will get,” one official told Axios.
The White House has not yet publicly confirmed whether Trump intends to approve the agreement.
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