After trying to open the Strait of Hormuz by force, the U.S. is ready to accept an Iranian proposal it had rejected.
Project Freedom was over before it started. On Sunday night, President Donald Trump announced the U.S. military initiative to guide ships out of the Persian Gulf, where they have been trapped since the U.S.-Iranian war closed the Strait of Hormuz a month ago. On Tuesday night, Trump declared that Project Freedom was "paused" and the U.S. would keep up its blockade of Iranian ports.
The next morning, Trump confusingly wrote that the blockade will be lifted if "Iran agrees to give what has been agreed to, which is, perhaps, a big assumption," and threatened bombing "at a much higher level and intensity than it was before" if the deal falls through.
U.S. officials told Axios early on Wednesday morning that they are ready to accept a framework for new peace talks. Iran would gradually reopen the strait while the U.S. lifts its blockade, and both sides would have 30 days to negotiate a detailed agreement, which would restrict Iran's nuclear program in exchange for lifting U.S. economic sanctions. Disarming Iran's missile forces, which the Trump administration had named as a major war goal, does not seem to be on the table at all.
Those terms were the same ones that Iran had proposed last week. Trump rejected them just before announcing Project Freedom.
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My understanding from what I have read is it is not the same proposal that Iran sent the U.S. as this one is pretty harsh on the nuclear side of things. The U.S. is waiting for the Iranian response, which is likely to be a little difficult to hash out, given that the IRGC seems to be in control and not the civilian government.
The U.S. also was able to get out two ships that were American-flagged and showed the world (mainly Europe) that it can, in fact, be done.