US media reveals inside story of US-Iran ceasefire deal: Iranian president and central bank governor jointly urge supreme leader to "sign quickly"

BlockBeats news, July 4 - According to the New York Times, four officials familiar with the details of the meeting revealed that during the final stages of negotiations, when Iran's Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei hesitated to approve the preliminary ceasefire agreement, Iranian President Pezeshkian visited him.

The Iranian president told the Supreme Leader that the economic situation was dire, and the U.S. maritime blockade was strangling Iran. If he rejected the agreement, he would resign. Additionally, the governor of the Central Bank of Iran, Abdolnaser Hemmati, also wrote to Khamenei, stating that the country faced a severe budget crisis, and if the maritime blockade continued, critical food and medical supplies would run out by the end of August. In his letter, Hemmati explained that it was impossible for Iran to sell oil at the required scale and find alternative trade routes.

These statements played a key role in Mojtaba's final decision to support the agreement. In a brief public statement, he said that although he opposed the agreement "in principle," if the president obtained the support of the Supreme National Security Council, he would instruct the president to proceed. Pezeshkian stated that the council passed the agreement with 12 out of 13 votes in favor.