Shafaq News- Baghdad
Iraq’s Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein on Friday hailed ongoing efforts toreach a nuclear understanding between the United States and Iran during a phonecall with International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General RafaelGrossi.
The two sides reviewed the proposed framework and its potentialimplications for regional security, with attention focused on avoidingescalation and preserving stability.
The discussion also covered recent incidents affecting several Gulfcountries, with Hussein strongly condemning an attack on the Barakah nuclearpower plant in the United Arab Emirates, while expressing Iraq’s readiness towork with Gulf States through joint investigative committees to identify thoseresponsible.
Earlier today, Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif revealed that theUnited States and Iran had reached a final text for a peace agreement,describing it as closer to implementation than at any point since negotiationsbegan.
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi reinforced that assessment,noting that the Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding “has never been closer”to entering into force and indicating that further details would be releasedlater.
Despite signs of progress from both sides, conflicting accountscontinued to emerge over the substance of the arrangement and how close it isto completion. A senior US administration official previously informed ShafaqNews that the understanding would require Iran to remove its existing stockpileof nuclear material and dismantle infrastructure associated with its nuclearprogram.
Neither Washington nor Tehran has publicly released the text of theproposed accord.
