Donald Trump has agreed to a provisional two-week ceasefire within the Iran war after pulling back on the last minute from his warning that ‘a complete civilisation will die’.
The US president said he was suspending his threats if Iran agreed to reopen the critical Strait of Hormuz waterway.
Tehran has already proposed a 10-point plan that provided ‘a workable basis on which to barter’.
The move got here in response to a request by Pakistan, which has been acting as a mediator within the conflict between the warring sides.
Writing on Truth Social, Trump said: ‘This shall be a double-sided CEASEFIRE! The explanation for doing so is that we have now already met and exceeded all Military objectives, and are very far together with a definitive Agreement concerning Longterm PEACE with Iran, and PEACE within the Middle East.’
Trump said: ‘We received a ten point proposal from Iran, and imagine it’s a workable basis on which to barter.’
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‘Just about all of the varied points of past contention have been agreed to between america and Iran, but a two-week period will allow the Agreement to be finalised and consummated.’
What’s within the 10-point plan?
Iranian media first published the rough 10-point plan, which incorporates some measures america has refused to cooperate with in previous mediations.
It includes:
- Removing all sanctions on Iran
- Iran regaining control over the Strait of Hormuz
- A full US military withdrawal from the Middle East
- An end to attacks on Iran and its allies
- The discharge of frozen Iranian assets
- A UN Security Council resolution to make sure the deal
Other versions released in Farsi included the phrase ‘acceptance of enrichment’ – referencing Iran’s nuclear program.
In other versions of the released 10-point plan, that portion was omitted – for unknown reasons.
What did Iran previously demand?
In late March, Iran rejected the US peace plan and offered a five-point plan of its own, vowing to defend itself unless the conditions are met.
Those demands included:
- Stopping ‘aggression and assassinations’
- Putting in solid mechanisms to make sure that Iran won’t be attacked again
- Paying money for reparations after damage within the war
- Ending the conflict on all fronts and for all resistance groups involved
- International recognition and guarantees regarding Iran’s authority over the Strait of Hormuz
What’s the US demanding?
In response to Iran’s initial five-point peace plan last month, the White House submitted a 15-point plan of its own.
Those demands included:
- Iran will dismantle all of its nuclear capabilities
- Iran will commit to never pursuing nuclear weapons
- Iran won’t enrich any more nuclear material
- All enriched nuclear material shall be handed over
- Existing nuclear facilities shall be destroyed
- The Atomic Energy Agency will have the opportunity to access all Iranian sites
- Iran will abandon proxies like Hezbollah and the Houthis
- Iran will stop funding and arming proxies
- The Strait of Hormuz shall be opened
- Iran will limit the number and range of its missiles
- Missiles will only be utilized in self-defence
- Sanctions shall be lifted on Iran
- Iran will develop a civil nuclear energy programme
- The specter of UN sanctions against Iran shall be removed
Any talks between the US and Iran would face monumental challenges. A lot of Washington’s shifting objectives, particularly over Iran’s ballistic missile and nuclear programmes, remain difficult to attain.
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