‘Poison in the writing’ of US-Iran MoU haunts negotiators, analyst says

Military and diplomatic analyst Alexandru Hudisteanu has described the wording in the memorandum of understanding (MoU) signed this month by Iran and the US in Islamabad as “vague and open to interpretation” and will be “poison” as both sides try to negotiate an end to the war.

“We know that Article 13, broadly speaking, favours Iran, because it states that they will not discuss the nuclear file until articles 1, 4, 5, 10 and 11 … are starting to be implemented. But that wording specifically leaves a lot of room for interpretation,” he said.

US is trying to get around Iran by linking the relaxation of some sanctions relief to discussion of the nuclear issue, according to Hudisteanu.

“We see that [talks on] reconstruction funds and asset freezes are actually bound to a negotiation of the nuclear file,” he said.

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