Government official reported that Iran “reacted negatively to the American proposal” of 15 points
Iran rejected the United States’ peace plan this Wednesday, said a government official, who was not identified, quoted by Iranian state television.
“Iran reacted negatively to the American proposal”, indicated Press TV, a public channel in English aimed at a foreign audience, referring to the alleged 15-point plan drawn up by the administration of US President Donald Trump.
“The war will end when Iran decides to end it, not when Trump decides,” the broadcaster added, broadcasting the Iranian official’s words.
Moments earlier, Pakistan had announced that it had handed over to Iran the North American proposal that allegedly includes demands such as the end of Tehran’s support for regional allies, such as the Lebanese Shi’ite group Hezbollah or the Palestinian Islamic resistance movement Hamas.
On Monday, Tehran indicated that it had received messages from “some friendly countries” about a US request to begin negotiations to end the war, the official Iranian agency IRNA reported.
The plan came to light after the American newspaper The New York Times and Israeli broadcaster Channel 12 reported on Tuesday that the Trump administration had put together a set of demands to put an end to the conflict with Iran.
According to three unidentified sources cited by Channel 12, American negotiators — special envoy Steve Witkoff and Donald Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner — proposed a one-month ceasefire, the time needed for Iranian authorities to analyze those demands.
In the text, Washington demanded that Iran renounce its acquisition of atomic weapons, that it hand over all the enriched fuel at its disposal on a date set by the parties, and that several important nuclear installations be dismantled.
Iran will also have to abandon support for regional militias and stop financing or arming groups like Hezbollah or Hamas.
It is also proposed to impose limits on the number of missiles that the country may have and the range of action.
Furthermore, the Strait of Hormuz, through which around 20% of the world’s hydrocarbons transit, must remain open to maritime circulation.
In return, Iran will obtain the lifting of international sanctions and support for its civil nuclear program.
The White House and the State Department have not confirmed the information.
On February 28, the United States and Israel launched a military attack on Iran, which they justified with the Islamic Republic’s inflexibility in negotiations to put an end to uranium enrichment within the scope of the nuclear program, which Tehran stated was intended only for civilian purposes.
Iran responded to the offensive with attacks against Israeli targets, US bases and civil and energy infrastructure in countries in the region, in addition to blocking the Strait of Hormuz, a fundamental maritime route for transporting oil and natural gas produced in the region.
