Former Israeli security official warns the Iran-US framework leaves the crucial details unresolved

Avner Willan, a former senior official in Israel’s security establishment and an expert on Iran’s nuclear program, told 103FM that the emerging framework agreement between the United States and Iran is mainly a broad statement of intent in exchange for immediate relief. He said it would include reopening the Strait of Hormuz in both directions, a halt to fighting, and a process in which Iran would begin receiving money, sanctions would be lifted, and Tehran would start giving up its nuclear project.

Willan cautioned that the real test will be the fine print. “What exactly does that mean? How will the uranium be diluted? Will we see the tricks and the gimmicks? The devil is going to be in the details, and right now they are avoiding those details,” he said.

He said Iran’s immediate gain would come from the lifting of sanctions on oil exports, noting that Iran has not exported oil since the start of the war and that this has caused major losses. Once exports are legal again, he said, sanctions on Iran would be removed.

Willan also argued that key issues are not addressed in the framework, including verification, regime change, missiles, and proxy forces. “The nuclear issue was not dealt with, regime change clearly not, missiles clearly not, proxies clearly not. They are not included in the agreement. The US did not really fight for that,” he said. He added that the final deal must be awaited to understand the nuclear implications, said he expects “a pleasant surprise, with an asterisk,” and warned that Iran’s path to a bomb may not go through known sites. “There is not a single word in the agreement about supervision,” he said, adding that Iran can lie and that Israel still faces difficult work before the nuclear threat is removed.