Iran has submitted on Monday a revised 14-point proposal to end the ongoing war to the United States through the Pakistani mediator, following Washington’s response to an earlier Iranian plan, according to Tasnim News Agency.
Citing a source close to the negotiating team, the Iranian agency Tasnim reported that Tehran handed the new proposal to the Pakistani intermediary, who is expected to forward it to U.S. officials.
Meanwhile, a Pakistani source told Reuters, “We don’t have much time,” when asked if it would take time to close the gaps between Washington and Tehran, claiming that both countries “keep changing their goalposts.”
The source added that the U.S. recently sent a reply to Iran’s previous 14-point text, prompting Tehran to reformulate its proposal with certain amendments. The revised plan, still made up of 14 points, was then resubmitted to the Pakistani mediator for delivery to Washington.
Iranian text focused on ending war, confidence-building
According to Tasnim, the new Iranian text focuses on ending the war and confidence-building measures demanded from the American side.
On Sunday, another Iranian agency, Fars, citing informed sources, detailed the U.S. response to Iran’s original ceasefire proposal. Washington reportedly attached five key conditions related to Iran’s nuclear program, the payment of compensation to Tehran for aggression, and the release of frozen Iranian assets.
Fars’ sources said the United States rejected any payment of compensation to Iran for damages resulting from the aggression.
In a second condition, Washington refused to release even 25% of Iran’s frozen assets. As a third condition, the U.S. linked a halt to hostilities on all fronts to the launch of negotiations.
The fourth U.S. condition demands that Iran remove and hand over 400 kilograms of high-enriched uranium to the United States. A fifth condition requires that only one nuclear facility remain active on Iranian soil.
For its part, Tehran insists on five core confidence-building conditions: an end to the war on all fronts, particularly in Lebanon; the lifting of sanctions on the country; the unfreezing of Iranian funds; war reparations; and recognition of Iran’s sovereign right over the Strait of Hormuz.
US accepted temporary sanctions waiver
In this context, Tasnim reported, citing a source close to the Iranian negotiating team, that U.S. negotiators, contrary to their previous positions, have accepted in the new text the issuance of waivers on oil sanctions imposed on Iran for the duration of the negotiations, with the waiver referring to the temporary suspension or lifting of sanctions.
Iran, however, insists that the removal of all sanctions imposed on the country must form part of Washington’s commitment, according to Tasnim. Nevertheless, the U.S. side has proposed temporary waivers issued by the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) pending the conclusion of a final agreement.