According to Israel’s Channel 12, as reported by the Times of Israel, the Trump administration has conveyed 15 conditions to Iran as its terms for ending the current war. The conditions appear to cover all of the United States’ and Israel’s war goals, the report indicates.
Unnamed sources “familiar with the details” told Channel 12 that Trump’s top aides, Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff, have shaped a process involving “the declaration of a monthlong ceasefire period, during which the sides would negotiate a 15-point agreement,” much like previous Trump administration-brokered agreements with Hamas in Gaza and with Lebanon, neither of which, ToI failed to point out, has Israel respected.
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt confirmed that there is indeed a 15-point plan but that the news reporting on it wasn’t entirely accurate. “So, I am not going to negotiate on behalf of the president here at the podium,” she said. “What I will tell you is these talks are ongoing. We’re not going to get into the nitty-gritty details that have been exchanged between the United States and Iran at this time.”
ToI listed what it said were 14 of the 15 points, the first 11 of which appear little different from the demands the U.S. side was making before the war, particularly regarding Iran’s nuclear program, its missile programs and its support for groups like Hezbollah and Hamas. “In return, Iran would benefit as follows: Iran would receive a full lifting of sanctions imposed by the international community; The U.S. would assist Iran in advancing its civilian nuclear program, including electricity generation at the Bushehr nuclear plant; The so-called ‘snapback’ mechanism, which allows for the automatic reimposition of sanctions if Iran fails to comply, would be removed.”
Two Pakistani officials, both unnamed, told AP that Pakistan has relayed Trump’s 15-point plan to Tehran.
Several hours earlier the Wall Street Journal reported that the Iranians have transmitted their own demands to the U.S. side. They include closure of all American bases in the Gulf and reparations for attacks on Iran, said people familiar with the matter.
