How to read the US-Iran draft agreement: Big commitments from Washington, not from Tehran | CNN Politics

The draft US-Iran agreement includes big commitments from Washington, Brett McGurk writes.

The essence of this memorandum of understanding (MOU) in practice is that Iran gets a lot now, including tens of billions of dollars, in exchange for not shooting at ships in the Strait of Hormuz.

The agreement has two phases: Phase 1 gets underway now and phase 2 kicks everything else to be resolved in a “final agreement” to be negotiated over the next 60 days.

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Brett McGurk is a CNN global affairs analyst who served in senior national security positions under Presidents George W. Bush, Barack Obama, Donald Trump and Joe Biden.