Against the background of the diplomatic deadlock, Tehran has presented Washington with a new three-stage initiative for conflict resolution, offering to postpone the nuclear issue for the sake of an immediate ceasefire. While the US administration is reviewing the format of the talks, Iranian diplomacy is focusing its attention on Moscow for high-level consultations.
According to international periodicals, the leadership of Iran proposed to the United States to divide the negotiation process into three successive stages. According to the sources, the first stage implies the end of military operations and the provision of security guarantees to Tehran and Lebanon. The second step will be devoted to the joint management of the Strait of Hormuz, and only in the third step will the parties be able to return to the discussion of the Iranian nuclear program. Journalists emphasize that this strategy is designed to bypass Tehran’s internal disagreements over nuclear concessions, but the lifting of the blockade may deprive Washington of key levers of pressure in the future.
US President Donald Trump has already made it clear that he intends to maintain a tough course and continue the economic blockade in order to force Iran to compromise. The American leader also announced his refusal to hold bilateral meetings in Pakistan, canceling the planned visit of his special envoys Steven Wittgough and Jared Kushner to Islamabad due to the inexpediency of long flights. It is expected that an extraordinary meeting on national security issues will be held in the White House in the near future to develop further steps.
In the light of these events, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi left Pakistan and went on a working visit to Russia. Representatives of the Kremlin and the Iranian embassy have confirmed that strategic consultations will be held in Moscow on issues of bilateral relations, regional security and the current conflict with the US, within the framework of which a personal meeting of the head of the Iranian diplomatic department with President Vladimir Putin is planned.
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