Overview
- Dozens of people gathered outside a Foreign Ministry office in Mashhad on Saturday to protest remarks by Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi after he said a peace agreement with the United States was possible.
- Araghchi told state television the draft on the table would lift the U.S. naval blockade on Iranian ports and change the administration of the Strait of Hormuz, which Iran views as a key tool of deterrence.
- U.S. President Donald Trump and Pakistani mediators publicly said the memorandum could be signed as soon as June 14, but Iranian officials voiced caution about the timing and details.
- Conservative hardliners and demonstrators accuse negotiators including Parliament speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf of offering excessive concessions, raising the political risk that Tehran could refuse to approve any deal.
- The proposed framework would reopen the strait, restore prewar shipping and link phased economic relief to verifiable Iranian steps, but the plan is fragile because of internal opposition and the risk of new military incidents in the waters.