Iran has rejected the US peace plan and offered a five-point plan of its own, vowing to defend itself unless the conditions are met.
The White House promised to unleash ‘hell’ if Tehran didn’t conform to the plan, adding: ‘Iran mustn’t miscalculate again.’
Speaking yesterday, Trump said Iran was ‘negotiating’ and ‘desires to make a deal so badly’ – a notion quickly dismissed by Iranian foreign minister Abbas Araghchi.
He told Iranian state television: ‘We don’t plan on any negotiations’, and Tehran told the US through an intermediary that it should proceed defending itself.
Here’s all it’s good to find out about Iran’s demands for peace and what’s next for the region.
What has Iran asked for?
Tehran has reportedly set out five conditions, which, if met, they conform to end the war.
They include:
- Stopping ‘aggression and assassinations’
- Putting in solid mechanisms to be certain that Iran is not going to 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 has the US demanded?
The 15 point plan was submitted to Iran by intermediaries from Pakistan, who’ve offered to host recent negotiations between Washington and Tehran.
Israeli officials, who’ve been advocating for Trump to proceed the war against Iran, were taken by surprise by the US submission of a ceasefire plan.
The precise details haven’t been revealed, but intermediaries have reported each of the 15 points as including the next:
- 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 might be handed over
- Existing nuclear facilities might 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 might be opened
- Iran will limit the number and range of its missiles
- Missiles will only be utilized in self-defence
- Sanctions might be lifted on Iran
- Iran will develop a civil nuclear energy programme
- The specter of UN sanctions against Iran might be removed
How would negotiations work?
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 realize.
It shouldn’t be clear who in Iran’s government would have the authority to barter or be willing to, as Israel has vowed to proceed taking out leaders.
Iran stays highly suspicious of the USA, which, twice under the Trump administration, has attacked during high-level diplomatic talks, including the February 28 strikes, which began the present war.
No less than 1,000 troops from the 82nd Airborne Division might be sent to the Middle East in the approaching days, three individuals with knowledge of the plans told The Associated Press.
The 82nd Airborne is taken into account the US Army’s emergency response force and may typically be deployed on short notice.
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