Iran presents ten points for negotiating an end to the war with the United States

Iran presented a ten-point plan on Wednesday as a basis for negotiating an end to the war with the United States, in the context of a two-week ceasefire announced by President Donald Trump following forty days of the Epic Fury Operation, according to the EFE agency.

The ten-point Iranian plan is a counterproposal to the 15-point plan that the United States had previously sent to Tehran through Pakistan, which Iran deemed "excessive and unacceptable," according to The New York Times.

Trump accepted the Iranian proposal as a "viable basis for negotiation" and announced a conditional ceasefire dependent on the complete, immediate, and safe reopening of the Strait of Hormuz.

The ten points of the plan presented by the Islamic Republic are as follows:

1. Total cessation of any aggression against Iran and allied resistance groups.
2. Withdrawal of U.S. combat forces from the region, prohibition of any attacks from bases against Iran, and abstention from adopting offensive military deployments.
3. Limited daily transit of ships through the Strait of Hormuz for two weeks, under a safe passage protocol supervised and regulated by Iran.
4. Compensation for the damages suffered by Iran through the establishment of an investment and financial fund.
5. Iran's commitment not to produce nuclear weapons.
6. Recognition by the United States of Iran's right to enrich uranium and negotiation on the level of enrichment.
7. Iran's acceptance to negotiate bilateral and multilateral peace agreements with countries in the region based on its interests.
8. Extension of the principle of non-aggression to all actors who have attacked resistance groups.
9. Completion of all resolutions of the Board of Governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency and the UN Security Council, and approval of all commitments in an official UN resolution.
10. The tenth point, not explicitly detailed in the published proposal, completes the Iranian roadmap, which also includes the lifting of all sanctions against Tehran as a central demand.

In contrast, Washington's 15-point plan required Iran's verifiable relinquishment of nuclear weapons, the cessation of uranium enrichment, the dismantling of existing nuclear capabilities, restrictions on the ballistic missile program, an end to funding for allied regional groups, and the designation of the Strait of Hormuz as a free maritime zone.

The formal negotiations are scheduled for April 10 in Islamabad, with Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf leading the Iranian delegation and Vice President JD Vance heading the American side.

Trump declared this Wednesday that the possibility of reaching a "definitive" peace agreement with Iran is at "a very advanced stage".

Operation Epic Fury was launched on February 28, 2026, by the United States and Israel with the aim of destroying Iran's nuclear program, its missile capabilities, and the command structure of the regime.

In forty days, the operation targeted over 5,000 Iranian objectives, destroyed nuclear facilities in Natanz, Isfahan, and Fordow, degraded 90% of Iran's missile capacity and 95% of its drones, and eliminated 49 high-ranking military officials, including the supreme leader Ali Khamenei.

Iran responded by closing the Strait of Hormuz on March 4, 2026, blocking 20% of the world's oil and liquefied natural gas and leaving 2,000 ships and 20,000 sailors stranded.