Iran Studies US Response to its 14-Point Proposal to End the War

Iran confirmed this Sunday that it has received the United States' response to the Iranian 14-point proposal aimed at ending the war through Pakistan and stated that it is analyzing the content before issuing an official response. "The United States' position on Tehran's proposal has reached Iran through Pakistan," stated Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Ismail Baghaei to state television. The diplomat explained that the US stance "is being evaluated" and that, once the analysis is complete, Iran will present its response. Baghaei insisted that the Iranian proposal "is exclusively focused on ending the war" and stressed that "matters related to the nuclear program have absolutely no place" in that plan. "Iran's plan is conditioned exclusively on ending the war. At this stage, we are not holding nuclear negotiations," he added. The spokesman for Iranian diplomacy also rejected that Iran had given the US a 30-day deadline to end the war. "The 30-day deadline is to agree on how the peace agreement should be implemented." According to information released last night by the Tasnim agency, Iran presented, through Pakistan, a 14-point plan focused on the definitive end of the war. Among the points included in the Iranian proposal are guarantees of non-aggression military, the withdrawal of US forces from Iran's surroundings, the lifting of the naval blockade, the release of frozen Iranian assets, compensation payments, the lifting of sanctions, and the end of the war on all fronts, including Lebanon, as well as a new mechanism for the Strait of Hormuz. US President Donald Trump said last night that he would review Iran's submitted plan "soon," although he anticipated that "I cannot imagine it would be acceptable." Hours later, media linked to the Iranian Revolutionary Guard stated that Trump faces a limited choice between an "impossible" military operation or reaching a "bad deal" with Iran. Iran and the United States held a high-level meeting in Islamabad on April 11 and 12, but did not reach an agreement to end the conflict, and since then, they have not reached a consensus to resume talks. However, both sides have continued to exchange messages. EFE