The National Security Council of Iran confirmed early this Wednesday the two-week ceasefire with the United States, during which they will negotiate a peace agreement in Islamabad, the capital of Pakistan, based on a ten-point plan presented by Tehran that includes, among others, Iranian control of the Strait of Hormuz.
The Council’s statement, collected by the Iranian agencies Fars and Tasnim, presents as a victory for the Islamic Republic the agreement reached on the verge of the expiration of Donald Trump’s ultimatum against Iran, which contemplated attacks on the country’s energy infrastructure if they did not reopen Hormuz, and assures that it comes when “almost all of Tehran’s war objectives” had been met.
According to the message, Iran presented a draft ten-point agreement to the United States, through Pakistan, which then confirmed to Tehran that the White House had “accepted these principles as the basis of negotiations.” “Consequently, it was decided that Iran will conduct negotiations at the highest level with the American side in Islamabad for two weeks, exclusively based on the principles” of the Iranian plan, says the Security Council.
Trump, in his social media post, confirmed having received this proposal and described it as “a basis on which to work to negotiate.” The message clarifies that this does not mean “the end of the war,” that it will only come when the ten points proposed by Iran are accepted, and that the negotiations will serve to “finalize the details.”
The points of the peace plan presented by Iran
These talks will begin next Friday, April 10 in Islamabad, something that Pakistan also confirmed, and the negotiations may be extended if both parties agree.
This ten-point plan presented by the Islamic Republic contemplates the following aspects:
- The cessation of US and Israeli attacks on Iran.
- The end of the attacks also on the country’s allies in the region.
- The “coordinated” passage with the Iranian Army through the Strait of Hormuz.
- The withdrawal of US troops from the entire region, among others.
- The lifting of all “primary and secondary” sanctions on Iran.
- The lifting of sanctions also on their assets and properties abroad.
- The elimination of the resolutions of the Board of Governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) against Tehran.
