Why is Pezeshkian urging an end to Iran’s ‘no war, no peace’ status?

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has called for an extremity to what helium describes arsenic a authorities of “neither warfare nor peace” with the United States arsenic negotiators question an statement to extremity the war.

Pezeshkian said connected Saturday that Iran was successful a presumption of spot and helium believed it was the close clip to scope an statement with the US.

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The president’s remarks came arsenic Iran and Oman prosecute an statement to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, a captious waterway done which astir one-fifth of planetary lipid shipments transited successful peacetime.

Tehran has de facto imposed a blockade of the strait since the US and Israel began a warfare connected Iran connected February 28, which has killed much than 3,400 people.

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi connected Sunday said discussions with Oman implicit transit and absorption of the strait were “approaching the last stages” but added that the reopening of Hormuz “is taxable to different conditions and compensation for the violation” of the June memorandum of knowing (MoU) that Iran signed with the US.

He denied that Iran was negotiating with the US, saying they were simply “exchanging messages” via intermediaries.

So is Pezeshkian trying to propulsion Iran towards a deal, and what does his connection mean?

What did Pezeshkian say?

The Iranian president said helium believed present was the champion clip for an agreement. “There is cohesion, spot and unity successful the country, and arsenic acold arsenic I know, Iran is considered victorious and almighty successful this war,” helium told Iranian media.

Pezeshkian besides said Iran and Washington should person acceptable up a transmission to code ceasefire violations.

“In immoderate case, violations hap successful each memorandum of understanding. In principle, a squad should person been formed to code violations backmost past alternatively than to fight,” helium said.

“We request to spot however to resoluteness them now, if a solution is possible, which is presently being worked connected successful the Oman negotiations. God willing, we volition scope a constituent wherever we tin get retired of this authorities of neither warfare nor peace.”

This past week, Iran and Oman reportedly made important advancement towards an statement nether which Iran would oversee vessels entering the Gulf portion Oman would negociate postulation heading out.

Araghchi told reporters connected Saturday that the ongoing talks are astir establishing a “temporary route” successful the Strait of Hormuz and said, “We’re astir precise adjacent to the result.”

On Thursday, Tehran said it had agreed coordinates for caller shipping routes through the strait with Oman.

Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) besides said connected Saturday that reopening the Strait of Hormuz depended connected Washington accepting Iran’s conditions.

“Whenever the United States accepts Iran’s conditions, the Strait of Hormuz volition surely beryllium reopened,” IRGC spokesperson Hossein Mohebbi was quoted arsenic saying by the semiofficial Tasnim News Agency.

(Al Jazeera)

What are Tehran’s conditions successful talks with the US?

Iran’s Supreme National Security Council connected Saturday announced caller conditions, perchance complicating efforts to reopen Hormuz and bring an eventual extremity to the war.

Mohammad Bagher Zolghadr, caput of the council, said the strait would stay closed until Washington “corrects its behaviour”, according to a study by Iran’s authorities broadcaster, IRIB.

The six conditions listed by the Supreme National Security Council include:

• Ending US threats against Iran and what Zolghadr described arsenic insults to Iran’s nationalist and spiritual values
• Permanently halting attacks connected Iran and its allies successful Lebanon, Palestine, Yemen and Iraq
• Lifting the US naval blockade connected Iran and withdrawing US naval and aerial forces from astir the country
• Paying compensation for harm caused by what helium called 2 “imposed wars”
• Lifting of planetary sanctions
• Unconditionally releasing frozen Iranian assets

The conditions importantly broaden the presumption Iran says indispensable beryllium met earlier Hormuz tin reopen, linking the waterway to a wider acceptable of political, subject and economical demands than those outlined successful the June MoU.

Notably, the conditions explicitly notation Palestine, Yemen and Iraq alongside Lebanon successful calling for an extremity to attacks against Iran and its allies.

What are the cardinal sticking points?

Strait of Hormuz

The strait is the astir contiguous sticking point.

An Iran-Oman statement could let shipping to resume, but the US opposes giving Iran unilateral power implicit the waterway. Washington has besides objected to projected fees associated with the arrangement.

Iran, meanwhile, sees power implicit shipping arsenic a large root of leverage.

Transit done Hormuz has dropped importantly arsenic Iran targets ships it accuses of skirting its preferred way done Iranian waters.

On Saturday, the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations bureau said a vessel was deed by a projectile disconnected Oman successful the Strait of Hormuz, causing a occurrence that was extinguished but nary casualties. It was unclear who carried retired the attack.

Sanctions and economical pressure

Sanctions and the US blockade are different large obstacle.

For Tehran, reopening Hormuz without securing meaningful economical alleviation would mean giving up 1 of its strongest bargaining tools and receiving little successful return.

Araghchi said connected Saturday that compensation from the US for warfare harm indispensable beryllium met earlier the strait is reopened successful summation to different conditions.