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Iran sends revised proposal to end war as Trump rejects terms

Iran has handed Pakistani mediators a revised 14-point proposal to end the war with the US and Israel
Iran sends revised proposal to end war as Trump rejects terms
May 12, 2026

Iran has submitted a revised negotiating proposal to end the war with the United States and Israel through Pakistani mediators, with US President Donald Trump rejecting the terms as unacceptable within hours of receipt, state media reported on May 11.

The latest text is a revised version of the 14-point framework Tehran handed to Pakistani Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar during a visit by Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi to Islamabad on April 24. The framework itself derives from a 10-point Iranian plan that Trump had accepted on April 8 as the basis for ceasefire talks, IRNA said.

Trump posted his response on Truth Social hours after the document was delivered. "I just read the response from the so-called representatives of Iran. I don't like it at all; it's completely unacceptable," Trump wrote.

US media reported that Trump consulted Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu after reviewing the Iranian text. Iran's foreign ministry spokesman Esmail Baghaei said Trump's social media commentary was not a basis for decisions on diplomacy.

"What we proposed in this text were reasonable, responsible demands and generous proposals, not just for the national interests of Iran but for the good, stability and security of the entire region and the world," Baghaei said at his weekly press briefing on May 11.

Baghaei said Iran would await an official US response through the Pakistani mediator and that senior officials were prepared for any other action by the opposing side.

"For us, others' satisfaction is not important. Diplomatic processes have their own rules. In a diplomatic process, the parties involved in negotiation and diplomacy must make decisions based on their national interests," Baghaei said.

Beirut-based Al Mayadeen reported that Iran was seeking an end to the maritime blockade, the resumption of oil exports, the lifting of sanctions, the release of frozen assets and a definitive end to the war across the region, particularly in Lebanon.

The agency said Iran had stressed that any agreement with Washington must lead immediately to an end to the war, with a 30-day window after the cessation of hostilities for continued dialogue on technical and expert details. The outlet said the plan should be implemented through reciprocal steps to ensure compliance.

Qatari outlet Al-Araby Al-Jadeed said Iran had shown significantly more flexibility in the new plan, proposing that issues it had previously declined to negotiate in the short period after the war could be discussed in a 30-day window.

The outlet said Tehran had set a commitment to end the war across the region between Iran and its allies on the one hand, and the United States and Israel on the other, as a precondition for the start of negotiations.

The Wall Street Journal reported Iran had offered to dilute part of its enriched uranium and send another portion to a foreign country other than the United States. The US daily said Iran had indicated readiness to halt enrichment for a period of less than 20 years. Iranian officials have not confirmed any nuclear commitments in the negotiating text.

Iran has set out several core principles in the proposal, IRNA said. A final agreement is conditional on reaching an initial understanding to definitively end the war. In a first stage, both sides would sign a written memorandum of understanding setting out the expectations and conditions of the two parties for a final agreement, followed by a 30-day window, potentially extendable, for negotiations on technical details.

In the first stage, the only operational matter to be accepted by both sides would be the definitive and irreversible end of the war on all fronts in the region, the removal of military threats from international waterways and the safe passage of commercial shipping in waters south of Iran following the removal of the US threat, the agency said.

Iran is not currently offering, committing to or negotiating anything on its nuclear programme, with Tehran insisting the end of the war must be agreed independently and not tied to any nuclear deal.

Key Iranian positions for the initial agreement include the lifting of the maritime blockade and the end of the war on all fronts as preconditions for signing the memorandum, credible international guarantees on the irreversibility of the end of the war, effective management of passage through the Strait of Hormuz by coastal states, and a defined mechanism for war reparations.

Baghaei said Iran's current focus was on what was urgent. "At this stage, our focus is on what is urgent. What is urgent is the end of the war in all its forms, including Lebanon, and ensuring the safety and security of navigation in the Persian Gulf and the Strait of Hormuz. At the same time, halting the illegal actions and maritime piracy of the United States against commercial vessels is on the agenda," the spokesman said.

The 14-point framework took shape after the first round of Iran-US talks in Islamabad, when Tehran concluded that a comprehensive deal resolving all outstanding disputes within a two-week ceasefire was not achievable. Iran determined that the war must end completely and irreversibly before technical negotiations on disputed matters could take place without military or economic pressure.

Baghaei said Iran would fight when necessary and use diplomacy when it judged that to be appropriate, and was focused on national interests regardless of the noise from various quarters.

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