Iran’s foreign minister, Abbas Araghchi, has said a deal to permanently end the US-Israeli war with Iran has “never been closer”.
Araghchi’s post on X on Friday is the clearest signal yet from Iran that a potential breakthrough touted by the administration of US President Donald Trump may materialize.
Speaking on Iran’s Press TV late Friday, Araghchi stressed that an agreement had not been signed.
He said that an agreement being considered consisted of two stages, the first being a memorandum of understanding and the second the beginning of negotiations on several issues.
Under the first stage, fighting would be halted, including Israel’s offensive in Lebanon, with commitments not to relaunch attacks.
