Iran’s Mehr News cites Kazem Gharibabadi, head of Iran’s technical negotiating team (and a deputy foreign minister) this morning confirming the outcome of the Sunday talks with the US in Burgenstock, Switzerland. Four working groups will be formed covering sanctions termination, nuclear issues, reconstruction and economic development, and monitoring and implementation. Future negotiations will be conducted under a high-level committee comprising Iran’s parliament speaker and foreign minister, the U.S. vice president, and the prime ministers of Pakistan and Qatar, Mehr reports.
A contact line will be established among the MoU’s member states for the safe passage of commercial ships through the Strait of Hormuz. A conflict prevention unit for Lebanon will also be created, with member countries, Pakistan and Qatar participating.
