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Iran has officially conveyed its response to a 15-point agreement proposed by the United States through intermediaries and presented its own conditions, according to a report by Iran’s Tasnim news agency on Thursday.
According to the report, an informed source told Tasnim, “Iran's response to the 15 clauses proposed by the United States was officially sent last night (Wednesday) through intermediaries, and Iran is waiting for the response of the other side.”
The report said Iran stated in its response that "attacks by the enemy must end," objective conditions must be created to prevent the war from being repeated, payment of war damages and compensation must be guaranteed, and the end of the war must be implemented on all fronts and "for all resistance groups involved throughout the region."
The source also said that Iran’s sovereignty over the Strait of Hormuz “has been and will continue to be Iran's natural and legal right,” and must be recognized as part of any agreement.
The source claimed that Iran believes U.S. claims about negotiations are part of a “third deception,” alleging Washington is trying to present itself as peaceful, keep global oil prices low and buy time for further military action.
The United States sent Iran a 15-point plan aimed at resolving the conflict in the Middle East, according to a report earlier this week.
The New York Times, citing two officials briefed on the diplomacy, said the proposal was delivered via Pakistan and outlines steps addressing Iran’s nuclear and ballistic missile programs as well as maritime security in the Strait of Hormuz.
Meanwhile, a senior political-security official told state-run Press TV on Wednesday that Iran had rejected the U.S. proposal, saying any ceasefire would take place only on Tehran’s terms and timeline.
The official said Iran responded negatively to the American initiative and outlined five conditions for ending the war, including a complete halt to “aggression and assassinations,” guarantees that the war would not be repeated, payment of war damages and reparations, an end to fighting across all fronts involving regional groups, and international recognition of Iran’s sovereignty over the Strait of Hormuz.
United States President Donald Trump on Thursday called Iranian negotiators “different and strange,” urging them to “get serious” about the U.S. peace proposal.
“The Iranian negotiators are very different and ‘strange.’ They are ‘begging’ us to make a deal, which they should be doing since they have been militarily obliterated, with zero chance of a comeback, and yet they publicly state that they are only ‘looking at our proposal,’” Trump wrote on Truth Social.
He urged them to “get serious soon, before it is too late,” warning there would be “NO TURNING BACK, and it won’t be pretty!”
The United States and Israel have been carrying out airstrikes on Iran since Feb. 28, killing more than 1,340 people so far, including then-Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei.
Iran has retaliated with drone and missile strikes targeting Israel along with Jordan, Iraq and Gulf countries hosting U.S. military assets, causing casualties and damage to infrastructure while disrupting global markets and aviation.
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