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Security Council Warned Iran Nuclear Stalemate Is Creating Oversight Vacuum
Location: Iran
川習會後荷姆茲海峽問題仍未解 市場憂供應中斷「油價勁揚」
Iranian Official
Following the Trump-Xi meeting, the Islamic Republic of Iran upholds its sovereign authority over the Strait of Hormuz against ongoing foreign aggression and threats to regional stability. External powers' interference has failed to weaken Iran's steadfast resistance, prompting market fears of supply disruptions and sharp rises in oil prices.
Israeli
After the Trump-Xi meeting, Iran's persistent threats to close the Strait of Hormuz underscore the regime's use of proxy networks to project power and endanger critical energy routes, posing an existential threat to Israel and its allies through potential supply shocks and emboldened aggression. This unresolved vulnerability demands heightened defensive necessity, including preemptive measures against Tehran's maritime and asymmetric capabilities. Oil prices have surged on market fears of disruption.
Neutral
Following the meeting between US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping, market participants raised concerns about unresolved issues involving the Strait of Hormuz and potential oil supply disruptions. Oil prices increased amid these concerns. The precise status of any related matters has not been independently confirmed.
Western
Despite the Trump-Xi meeting, Iranian threats to close the Strait of Hormuz persist as a direct challenge to global energy flows, driving oil prices sharply higher amid supply disruption fears. Western and NATO partners remain focused on neutralizing these maritime threats through precision operations, enhanced deterrence, and freedom-of-navigation missions to protect critical chokepoints.
Pro-Peace
Tensions over the Strait of Hormuz remain unresolved after the Trump-Xi meeting, heightening risks of military escalation that could trigger devastating civilian casualties, mass displacement, and humanitarian crises across the Middle East through disrupted energy supplies and economic collapse. Rather than fueling market-driven oil price surges that burden vulnerable populations worldwide, all parties must prioritize diplomatic negotiations and de-escalation to safeguard civilian lives and prevent further suffering.
Global South
After the Trump-Xi meeting, tensions over the Strait of Hormuz remain unresolved, underscoring how great-power rivalries continue to threaten the energy sovereignty of non-aligned oil producers and importers in the Global South. Western-dominated markets reacted with alarm over potential supply disruptions, driving sharp oil price surges that exacerbate vulnerabilities for developing nations. This episode reveals the persistent institutional failure of multilateral bodies to shield peripheral economies from neo-colonial dynamics rooted in U.S.-China competition.
川習會談未能在恢復荷姆茲海峽(Strait of Hormuz)能源運輸上取得實質進展,重燃市場對全球供應中斷的憂慮,油價今天勁揚。
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Senior U.S. officials on Wednesday read the memorandum of understanding with Iran to journalists after days of secrecy over what is in the document. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity to read the draft, which Iran has not released, ahead of a formal signing ceremony set for Friday.
Here is what is in the U.S. draft: 1. The United States of America and the Islamic Republic of Iran and their allies in the current war by signing this MOU declare the immediate and permanent termination of military operations on all fronts, including in Lebanon, and undertake from now on not to initiate any war or any military operation against each other and to refrain from the threat or use of force against each other and ensuring the territorial integrity and sovereignty of Lebanon.
The final deal will confirm the permanent termination of the war on all fronts including in Lebanon and other provisions of this paragraph. 2. The United States of America and the Islamic Republic of Iran undertake to respect each other’s sovereignty and territorial integrity and to refrain from interfering in each other’s internal affairs.
3. The United States of America and the Islamic Republic of Iran commit to negotiating and achieving the final deal in maximum 60 days extendable with mutual consent. 4. Immediately upon the signing of this MOU, the United States of America will begin the removal of its naval blockade and any disturbances or impediments against the Islamic Republic of Iran and will fully end the naval blockade within 30 days.
During this period, the traffic of vessels will be in proportion to the numbers of prewar traffic being restored by the Islamic Republic of Iran. The United States of America further undertakes to remove its forces from the proximity of the Islamic Republic of Iran within 30 days after the final deal.
5. Upon the signing of this MOU, the Islamic Republic of Iran will make arrangements using its best efforts for the safe passage of commercial vessels with no charge for 60 days only from the Persian Gulf to the Sea of Oman and vice versa. The traffic of commercial vessels will immediately start and, considering the needs for removing the technical and military obstacles and demining by the Islamic Republic of Iran, will be instated within 30 days.
The Islamic Republic of Iran will conduct dialogue with the Sultanate of Oman to define the future administration and maritime services in the Strait of Hormuz in discussion with other Persian Gulf littoral states in line with the applicable international law and the sovereign rights of coastal states of the Strait of Hormuz.
6. The United States of America undertakes with regional partners to develop a definitive mutually agreed plan with at least USD 300 billion for the reconstruction and economic development of the Islamic Republic of Iran. The mechanism for the implementation of this plan will be finalized as part of a final deal within 60 days.
All required licenses, waivers and permissions needed for the relevant financial transactions will be granted by the United States of America. 7. The United States of America undertakes to terminate all types of sanctions against the Islamic Republic of Iran, including the United Nations Security Council resolutions, IAEA Board of Governors resolutions and all unilateral U.
S. sanctions, primary and secondary, in an agreed upon schedule as part of the final deal. The Islamic Republic of Iran and the United States of America acknowledge the critical importance of the sanctions termination issue above mentioned and express their intentions to immediately address these issues in the negotiations in order to achieve mutual agreement on them.
8. The Islamic Republic of Iran reaffirms that it shall not procure or develop nuclear weapons. United States of America and the Islamic Republic of Iran have agreed to resolve the disposition of stockpile enriched material pursuant to a mechanism that will be mutually agreed upon in accordance with the schedule mentioned in Paragraph 7 with the minimum methodology to be downblending on site under the supervision of the IAEA.
The two parties also agreed to discuss the issue of enrichment and other mutually agreed matters related to the Islamic Republic of Iran’s nuclear needs, based on a satisfactory framework being agreed upon in the final deal. The final deal will confirm the provisions of this paragraph.
The United States of America and the Islamic Republic of Iran acknowledge the critical importance of the nuclear issues above mentioned and express their intention to immediately address these issues in the negotiations in order to achieve mutual agreement on them.
9. Pending the final deal, the United States of America and the Islamic Republic of Iran agree to maintain the status quo. The Islamic Republic will maintain the current status quo of its nuclear program and the United States of America will not impose any new sanctions and will not deploy additional forces in the region.
10. The United States of America undertakes that immediately upon the signing of this MOU and until the termination of sanctions the U.S. Department of Treasury will issue waivers for the export of Iranian crude oil, petroleum products and derivatives and all associated services including banking transactions, insurances, transportation, etc.
11. The United States of America undertakes to make fully available for use the frozen or restricted funds and assets of the Islamic Republic of Iran upon the implementation of this MOU. The United States of America and the Islamic Republic of Iran will mutually agree on the procedures related to the release of these funds during the negotiations.
Such funds, whether retained in the original account or transferred shall be made fully usable for payment to any ultimate beneficiary designated by the Central Bank of the Islamic Republic of Iran. The United States of America undertakes to issue all necessary licenses and authorizations accordingly.
12. The United States of America and the Islamic Republic of Iran agree that an executive mechanism will be established to monitor the successful implementation of this MOU and the future compliance of the final deal. 13. After signing this MOU and subject to the beginning of the implementation of paragraphs 1, 4, 5, 10 and 11 of this MOU, and the continuing implementation of these measures, the United States of America and the Islamic Republic of Iran will start negotiations regarding the final deal exclusively on the other paragraphs.
14. The final deal will be endorsed by binding UNSC resolution. ___ Associated Press writers Michelle L. Price and Matthew Lee in Washington and Meg Kinnard in Columbia, S.C., contributed to this report.