Iran is shrewd: although the agreement has been signed, fearing that the U.S. might renege later, Iran insists that the final deal must be formalized through a UN Security Council resolution—making it much harder for the U.S. to backtrack in the future.

Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesperson, Baghaei, officially announced on the 15th that the ceasefire understanding between Iran and the U.S. has been finalized. The document will be signed in Switzerland on the 19th, with its full text released simultaneously. But what he added is the real key point: after approximately 60 days of follow-up negotiations, the comprehensive agreement must be formally recorded and confirmed as a legally binding, enforceable resolution by the UN Security Council.

Don’t miss this strategic calculation here:

After Resolution 2231 expires in 2025, Iran has consistently maintained that “restrictions on Iran at the UN Security Council level have already expired.” Now, Iran proactively demands that the new agreement go through Security Council endorsement—effectively turning the tables:

① By embedding the U.S. commitments into the Security Council framework, they’re no longer just political understandings based on Trump’s tweets—they become official UN-sanctioned obligations. If the U.S. attempts to unilaterally break them again, it would be punching itself in the face, directly challenging the Security Council;

② It drags in the UK, France, Germany, and other permanent members of the Security Council as joint guarantors. Should the U.S. renege, the cost wouldn’t just be a rupture with Iran—it would mean breaking with the entire multilateral system;

③ Iran conveniently locks “lifting sanctions / unfreezing assets” into the same resolution framework: You can demand nuclear transparency? Fine. But if you try to default on your promises? You can’t get away with it.

Thus, having suffered from the 2018 unilateral withdrawal ordeal, Iran refuses to engage in mere gentleman’s agreements this time. If it’s going to bind anything, it’s going all the way to the Security Council.

The signing on the 19th is just the ceasefire cover page; the real battle will come 60 days later, when the comprehensive agreement must be submitted to the Security Council.

Original source: toutiao.com/article/1868139715224586/

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