Iran and the United States are in intense negotiations with the mediation of Pakistan, and it is expected that they may be able to close an agreement in the next hours before the deadline given by Donald Trump to Tehran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, according to a source consulted by CNN. According to a source in Pakistan cited by CNN, the negotiations have entered a decisive phase, with 'good news' expected in the short term and high-level contacts led by the head of the Pakistani Army, Asim Munir, who has assumed a central role in the mediation. The National Security Council of Iran confirmed early Wednesday the ceasefire with the United States for two weeks, during which they will negotiate a peace agreement in Islamabad, the capital of Pakistan, based on a ten-point plan presented by Tehran that includes, among other things, Iranian control of the Strait of Hormuz. The Council's statement, picked up by the Iranian agencies Fars and Tasnim, presents the agreement as a victory for the Islamic Republic, reached as Donald Trump's ultimatum against Iran was about to expire. The statement says it comes when 'almost all of Iran's military objectives' had been achieved. According to the message, Iran presented a draft ten-point agreement to the United States, through Pakistan, which then confirmed to Tehran that the White House had 'accepted these principles as a basis for negotiations'. 'Consequently, it was decided that Iran will carry out the highest-level negotiations with the US side in Islamabad for two weeks, exclusively based on the principles' of the Iranian plan, the Security Council states. The message clarifies that this does not mean 'the end of the war', which will only come when the ten points proposed by Iran are accepted, and that the negotiations will serve to 'finalize the details'. According to Iran, these talks will begin next Friday, April 10, in Islamabad for two weeks, which can be extended if both parties agree. The ten-point plan presented by the Islamic Republic contemplates the cessation of attacks by the United States and Israel on Iran, but also on the country's allies in the region; the 'coordinated' passage of the Iranian Army through the Strait of Hormuz and the withdrawal of US troops from the entire region, among others.
