Iran’s deputy foreign minister, who heads the Iranian technical negotiation
delegation, said consensus from the Swiss four‑party talks establishes a
high‑level supervisory committee for follow‑up Iran‑US negotiations, comprising
Iran’s parliament speaker, Iran’s foreign minister, the US vice president,
Pakistan’s prime minister and the Qatari prime minister. Four working groups
will cover sanctions relief, nuclear issues, reconstruction and economic
development, and monitoring and implementation. Parties agreed to set up a
liaison point between Iran and the US to safeguard commercial shipping through
the Strait of Hormuz and to create a Lebanon de‑escalation cell involving Iran,
the US, Pakistan and Qatar; the four technical delegation heads will supervise
the working groups and report to the high‑level committee. Negotiators also
followed up on issuing a general licence for sales of Iranian oil, petrochemical
products, derivatives and related services and on unfreezing Iranian assets; the
US has issued related sales licences and posted them on the US Treasury OFAC
website. Parties agreed to activate a previously signed frozen‑funds release
arrangement totalling $12bn, split into two $6bn tranches, and to move
immediately to execution.
