Three-Stage Framework — End War, Resolve Hormuz, 30-Day Window
The proposed framework would unfold in three stages: formally ending the war, resolving the crisis in the Strait of Hormuz and launching a 30-day window for negotiations on a broader agreement, which can be extended. A two-month negotiation track on Iran’s nuclear programme would follow the war-ending declaration. Iran has demanded an end to the US blockade of Iranian ports, the lifting of sanctions on Iranian oil sales, the release of frozen funds and supervision of the strait. If the US and Iran agree, the memorandum would lead to further talks after the Eid holiday ends on Friday.
There is no guarantee Washington will accept the revised proposal. Iranian officials have indicated willingness to transfer the highly enriched uranium stockpile to a neutral third country, but firmly reject handing it directly to the United States. Trump’s Truth Social framing — “Final aspects and details of the Deal are currently being discussed” — sits against the parallel briefing from Iranian state media that the strait will remain under Iranian management. The fundamental US-Iran disagreement on Hormuz governance is the binding test of whether the three-stage framework crystallises into a signed agreement or collapses back into the “fundamentally incompatible negotiating positions” pattern of recent weeks.