{"id":431083,"date":"2026-05-28T21:40:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-28T14:40:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swingfish.trade\/blog\/market-news\/2026\/05\/axios-us-and-iran-have-reached-a-tentative-60-day-memorandum-of-understanding\/"},"modified":"2026-05-28T21:40:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T14:40:10","slug":"axios-us-and-iran-have-reached-a-tentative-60-day-memorandum-of-understanding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swingfish.trade\/blog\/market-news\/axios-us-and-iran-have-reached-a-tentative-60-day-memorandum-of-understanding-431083\/","title":{"rendered":"Axios: US and Iran have reached a tentative 60-day Memorandum of Understanding"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2026\/05\/28\/iran-peace-deal-trump-approval\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Axios reports<\/a> the U.S. and Iran have reached a tentative 60-day memorandum of understanding (MOU) to extend the ceasefire and begin formal nuclear negotiations.\n<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li data-section-id=\"t5m7nc\" data-start=\"164\" data-end=\"293\">\nThe agreement still requires final approval from President Trump, who reportedly asked for several days to review the proposal.\n<\/li>\n<li data-section-id=\"c20tmj\" data-start=\"295\" data-end=\"418\">\nU.S. officials say Iranian negotiators indicated they received approval from senior leadership and were prepared to sign.\n<\/li>\n<li data-section-id=\"pwiyle\" data-start=\"420\" data-end=\"593\">\nThe proposed deal would mark the biggest diplomatic breakthrough since the conflict began, although a broader permanent agreement would still require lengthy negotiations.\n<\/li>\n<li data-section-id=\"1mre8z9\" data-start=\"595\" data-end=\"780\">\nThe MOU would guarantee \u201cunrestricted\u201d shipping through the Strait of Hormuz, including:<\/p>\n<ul data-start=\"688\" data-end=\"780\">\n<li data-section-id=\"1gs4va9\" data-start=\"688\" data-end=\"698\">\nNo tolls\n<\/li>\n<li data-section-id=\"1qp5esl\" data-start=\"701\" data-end=\"736\">\nNo harassment of commercial ships\n<\/li>\n<li data-section-id=\"j0vch4\" data-start=\"739\" data-end=\"780\">\nRemoval of Iranian mines within 30 days\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li data-section-id=\"aw9f17\" data-start=\"782\" data-end=\"865\">\nThe U.S. naval blockade would gradually be lifted as commercial shipping resumes.\n<\/li>\n<li data-section-id=\"7wgtjx\" data-start=\"867\" data-end=\"918\">\nIran would commit not to pursue a nuclear weapon.\n<\/li>\n<li data-section-id=\"1lg95wi\" data-start=\"920\" data-end=\"1065\">\nEarly negotiations during the 60-day period would focus on:<\/p>\n<ul data-start=\"984\" data-end=\"1065\">\n<li data-section-id=\"8v2ggo\" data-start=\"984\" data-end=\"1028\">\nDisposal of Iran\u2019s highly enriched uranium\n<\/li>\n<li data-section-id=\"1mv1ql7\" data-start=\"1031\" data-end=\"1065\">\nFuture uranium enrichment limits\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li data-section-id=\"2ys1ia\" data-start=\"1067\" data-end=\"1215\">\nThe U.S. would agree to discuss:<\/p>\n<ul data-start=\"1104\" data-end=\"1215\">\n<li data-section-id=\"b1betl\" data-start=\"1104\" data-end=\"1122\">\nSanctions relief\n<\/li>\n<li data-section-id=\"1fspp6b\" data-start=\"1125\" data-end=\"1159\">\nRelease of frozen Iranian assets\n<\/li>\n<li data-section-id=\"yaubco\" data-start=\"1162\" data-end=\"1215\">\nMechanisms for humanitarian aid and goods shipments\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\nMarkets are likely to view the report as reducing immediate geopolitical and oil supply risks, especially with the focus on keeping the Strait of Hormuz open.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nSkepticism remains because previous negotiations were also described as \u201cclose\u201d before ultimately falling apart.<\/p>\n<p>                            This article was written by Greg Michalowski at investinglive.com.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Axios reports the U.S. and Iran have reached a tentative 60-day memorandum of understanding (MOU) to extend the ceasefire and begin formal nuclear negotiations. The agreement still requires final approval from President&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":216,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[86],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-431083","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-market-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swingfish.trade\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/431083","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swingfish.trade\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swingfish.trade\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swingfish.trade\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/216"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swingfish.trade\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=431083"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.swingfish.trade\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/431083\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swingfish.trade\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=431083"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swingfish.trade\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=431083"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swingfish.trade\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=431083"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}