Iran Proposal Terms: Reparations, US Troop Exit, Sanctions Lifted
Iran’s latest peace proposal to end the war — as confirmed by Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Kazem Gharibabadi via IRNA news agency — comprises five linked demands: ending hostilities on all fronts including Lebanon; the exit of US forces from areas close to Iran; reparations for the destruction caused by the US-Israeli attacks; lifting of sanctions; release of frozen funds; and an end to the US marine blockade of Iranian ports. The terms are “little changed” from the proposal Trump rejected last week as “garbage”. Iran is also seeking enrichment-pause durations shorter than the 20-year US demand.
A separate Reuters report (citing two Iranian officials May 18) added that Iran proposed diluting some of its highly enriched uranium and sending the rest to Russia, while maintaining a right to “reclaim it” if the United States violates the agreement. The US demand remains that Iran must hand over its HEU to the United States and dismantle Iranian nuclear facilities entirely. Ebrahim Azizi, head of the Iranian parliament’s national security committee, said on X that Trump’s pausing of the attack was due to the realisation that any move against Iran would mean “facing a decisive military response”. The Pakistani-mediated channel remains the active diplomatic track; Pakistani sources continue to say both sides “keep changing their goalposts”.