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Beringia

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Wed May 6, 2026, 09:21 AM Yesterday

Exclusive: U.S. and Iran closing in on one-page memo to end war, officials say [View all]

Source: Axios

The White House believes it's getting close to an agreement with Iran on a one-page memorandum of understanding to end the war and set a framework for more detailed nuclear negotiations, according to two U.S. officials and two other sources briefed on the issue.

The big picture: The U.S. expects Iranian responses on several key points in the next 48 hours. Nothing has been agreed yet, but the sources said this was the closest the parties had been to an agreement since the war began.

Among other provisions, the deal would involve Iran committing to a moratorium on nuclear enrichment, the U.S. agreeing to lift its sanctions and release billions in frozen Iranian funds, and both sides lifting restrictions around transit through the Strait of Hormuz.
Many of the terms laid out in the memo would be contingent on a final agreement being reached, leaving the possibility of renewed war or an extended limbo in which the hot war has stopped but nothing is truly resolved.

Original link with paywall: https://www.axios.com/2026/05/06/iran-us-deal-one-page-memo

Read more: http://archive.today/2026.05.06-113945/https://www.axios.com/2026/05/06/iran-us-deal-one-page-memo

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