A very neat sum-up.
No comments required.
Yet:
I. Pakistan is acting (or trying to act) as a mediator (on behalf of the US?).
II. Trump's "peace plan" asks for complete and permanent defanging of Iran.
III. Iran has, to start with, just dismissed Trump's claim of "negotiation".
On top of that, as yet, has shown no sign of budging.
(As an aside, an interesting aspect is that Iran, apparently, kept its high-end firepower reserved for later use when the stockpile of highly expensive interceptors of Israel and the US would stand largely depleted tackling Iran's mass deployment of cheap drones.
And here is a very interesting excerpt from presumably the latest media briefing by Donald
Trump:
We're having, by the way, a tremendous uh success success as you know in Iran. We had one in Venezuela and now we're having one in Iran. They have no navy left. They have no air force left. They have no anti-aircraft equipment left. No radar left. No leaders left. The leaders are all gone.
Then, why on earth, the war is still continuing!!!?
Why the Strait of Hormuz still continues to be blocked!!!?
Why the hell, what for, a "temporary ceasefire", "a 15-point peace plan"!!!? If the "enemy" is already vanquished?)
The peace plan was shared with Iranian officials Tuesday via Pakistan, according to the New York Times.
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The peace plan is believed to be based on the 15-point framework presented to the Iranian government last year, before Israel launched its 12-day war against the regime and the US bombed Iranian nuclear facilities in Operation Midnight Hammer, according to multiple outlets.
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The outlet’s report contains 14 of the 15 demands the Trump administration has conveyed to Iran:
1. Iran must dismantle existing nuclear capabilities.
2. Iran must commit never to pursue nuclear weapons.
3. No uranium enrichment on Iranian territory.
4. Iran must hand its stockpile of enriched uranium to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).
5. The Natanz, Isfahan and Fordo nuclear facilities must be dismantled.
6. The IAEA must be granted full access to Iran’s nuclear facilities.
7. Iran must abandon its “regional proxy paradigm.”
8. Iran must cease funding, directing and arming its proxies.
9. The Strait of Hormuz must remain open.
10. Iran’s missile program must be limited in both range and quantity.
11. Iran must limit its use of missiles to self-defense.
In return, Iran would benefit from:
12. The end of sanctions imposed by the international community.
13. US assistance to advance its civilian nuclear program.
14. A “snapback” mechanism allowing for the automatic reimposition of sanctions if Iran fails to comply would be removed.
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The Iranian regime has reportedly made outlandish demands in response to the US proposal.
Tehran is calling for the closure of all US military bases in the Gulf region and reparations for attacks on the country, the Wall Street Journal reported late Tuesday.
Iran is also insisting on the ability for it to collect fees from ships that transit the Strait of Hormuz; guarantees that the war won’t restart; an end to Israel’s strikes on Hezbollah in Lebanon; the lifting of all sanctions; and the ability to keep its ballistic missile program with no negotiations to limit it, according to the outlet.
A US official described the demands as “ridiculous and unrealistic.”
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt signaled that the US military operations against Iran will continue until Trump’s objectives are met.