CNN: US, Iran draft secret proposals to implement 14-point agreement

US and Iran have been working on laying out secret proposals for implementing a 14-point agreement signed this week, including details on how to address the future of Iran’s nuclear programme, according to three US officials familiar with the negotiations, a regional official, and a former US official.

US Vice President JD Vance said that at least some of what administration officials have been calling “gentleman’s agreements” with Iran that go beyond the memorandum of understanding are written agreements.

According to CNN, the sources emphasised that they are far from final. Iran has not signed any additional documents, as it did the memorandum of understanding, raising questions about whether the administration has overstated the commitments it has extracted from Iran and further emphasising how quickly the fragile political effort to reach a final deal could fall apart.

US negotiators opted to move forward with releasing the signed MOU without waiting for Iran’s senior leadership to sign off on the more detailed proposals on how to implement the 14 points, in part because they did not want to delay the next phase of negotiations, according to one of the sources who is familiar with what US officials briefed to top congressional lawmakers.

CNN was unable to learn many details of the contents of the working proposals. The regional official described the written-down portions of the proposals as “working” documents that both sides have agreed to formalise as a next step.

The sources said they include more specifics on what US negotiators are pursuing as the way forward for talks on Iran’s nuclear programme, among other issues.