In a remarkable turn of events, the US administration announced the lifting of the naval blockade imposed on Iran, while simultaneously revealing a set of strict conditions for accepting any final agreement to end the conflict. Washington demanded Tehran's absolute
commitment to not seek nuclear weapons, in addition to the immediate and safe opening of the Strait of Hormuz to international shipping without restrictions or tolls, along with the removal of all potential maritime threats. Regarding the nuclear program, US
conditions included that the United States, in cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency, extract and destroy enriched nuclear materials located in deep Iranian facilities previously targeted by military strikes. These stipulations emerge amid ongoing indirect negotiations and a fragile
truce that followed military confrontations between the two countries earlier this year.
