President Donald Trump announced on Saturday, May 2, that he would consider a Tehran plan to resolve the conflict in the Middle East, after rejecting a previous offer from Iran that he threatened to “annihilate.” The situation between the two countries has been at an impasse since a ceasefire came into effect on April 8, following nearly 40 days of Israeli-American strikes on Iran and Tehran’s retaliation in the region.
Last May 2, an Iranian military official deemed a resumption of war with the United States “likely,” after direct talks in Islamabad on April 11 proved unsuccessful due to significant differences, from the Strait of Hormuz to the nuclear aspect.
“I am going to review a plan that Iran has just submitted to us,” announced Donald Trump on his Truth Social platform, “but I cannot imagine it being acceptable because (the Iranians) have not yet paid a sufficient price for what they have done to Humanity and to the World for the past 47 years since the establishment of the Islamic Republic.”
Is the nuclear aspect missing from the Iranian plan?
According to Iranian news agencies, Iran transmitted a 14-point plan through Pakistan to Washington aimed at ending the conflict within 30 days. Tehran reportedly demands the withdrawal of U.S. forces from areas near Iran, the lifting of the blockade on Iranian ports, unfreezing Iranian assets, compensation payments, lifting of sanctions, a mechanism for the Strait of Hormuz, and “ending the war on all fronts, including in Lebanon.”
The agency does not mention the nuclear issue. However, this is a pivotal issue for the United States and Israel, who accuse Iran of seeking nuclear weapons – a claim that Iran refutes. Iran had already sent a new text via Pakistan this week, but no details have been disclosed. Donald Trump expressed dissatisfaction with the proposal on May 1, and while he had previously threatened to “annihilate” the Iranian “civilization,” he stated that he would prefer not to “annihilate Iran once and for all,” but that a resumption of war remains “an option.”
“A resumption of conflict between Iran and the United States is likely, and the facts have shown that the United States does not uphold any promises or agreements,” reacted Mohammad Jafar Asadi, deputy inspector of the Iranian Armed Forces’ Khatam Al-Anbiya command, as reported by the Fars news agency.
