CBS. The US demands that Iran officially admit that the shelling of civilian ships was a mistake

The same representative, according to the TV channel, claimed that Iranian officials privately admitted that they had made a “mistake” by shelling the ships.

Publicly, however, Iran has not accepted this, on the contrary, it accuses the US of violating the memorandum. In particular, the foreign minister of the country, Abbas Araghchi, wrote that the United States Treasury Department violated the agreement by announcing new sanctions against Iran.

The United States imposed sanctions yesterday on an Iranian businessman accused of running a global financial network for Iran’s Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei. Ali Ansari, who lives in Dubai, has built a global network of assets spanning Germany, Great Britain, Spain, Cyprus, the UAE and other countries, according to the US Treasury Department and the State Department. That network, according to US officials, served as a financial tool for Iran’s ruling elite and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. Iranian currency exchange companies were also sanctioned yesterday. These are the first sanctions against Iran since the signing of the memorandum of understanding in mid-June.

Araghchi will hold talks in Oman today. CBS writes that it may be about a new round of negotiations between the US and Iran, although it has not been officially announced.

Yesterday, US President Donald Trump announced that he agreed to Iran’s proposal to continue negotiations, but emphasized again that he considers the ceasefire regime to be over. Trump instructed the team of negotiators to continue negotiations.

The memorandum signed in June between the United States and Iran provided for a cessation of hostilities, the opening of the Strait of Hormuz for 60 days, during which negotiations on a final peace settlement should be held, as well as a partial easing of sanctions against Iran. However, Iranian forces have repeatedly attacked ships in the Strait of Hormuz, to which the US has responded.