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Iran suggests White House negotiating with itself, as US troops expected to be deployed
We’ve been reporting that approximately 1,000 US soldiers are expected to be deployed to the Middle East in coming days, according to two sources familiar with the matter.
This news comes as President Donald Trump and his administration say that the US is in talks with Iran to end the conflict. Iran’s military has suggested that Washington might be negotiating with itself as it touts talks with Tehran to end the war.
US' 15-point proposal to Iran
The US has shared a 15-point list of expectations with Iran via Pakistan, two regional sources told CNN, who added that among the points included are limits on Tehran’s defense capabilities, a cessation of support for proxies and an acknowledgment of Israel’s right to exist.
Israel’s Channel 12 released what it said were the components of the plan. Many of the proposals match what the Trump administration has spoken of previously.
Some key elements reportedly include:
- A 30-day ceasefire.
- The dismantling of Iran’s nuclear facilities in Natanz, Isfahan and Fordow.
- A permanent commitment from Iran to never develop nuclear weapons.
- The handover of Iran’s stockpile of already enriched uranium to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), and a commitment from Iran to allow the IAEA to monitor all elements of the country’s remaining nuclear infrastructure. Iran must also no longer enrich uranium within the country.
- Limits on the range and number of Iran’s missiles.
- Ending Iran’s support for regional proxies.
- Ending Iranian strikes on regional energy facilities.
- Reopening of the Strait of Hormuz.
- A removal of all sanctions imposed on Iran, alongside the ending of the UN mechanism that allows sanctions to be reimposed.
- The provision of US support for electricity generation at Iran’s Bushehr civil nuclear plant.
President Donald Trump also shared some specifics on Monday, saying that the US and Iran have reached “major points of agreement.” He also said that the key expectation is Iran will not have a nuclear weapon. The president told CNN’s Kaitlan Collins that Iran has committed to not having a nuclear weapon, something they’ve said publicly in the past.
Trump added that the US would also insist on taking possession of Iran’s highly enriched uranium.
“They want very much to make a deal. We’d like to make a deal too,” Trump said Monday, adding that there will be an in-person meeting “very, very soon.”
Trump said his envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner were involved in the discussions, which he said Iran initiated. He did not share whom the US was talking to in Iran beyond specifying it was a “respected” leader who is not Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei.
CNN’s Kevin Liptak, Kylie Atwood and Jennifer Hansler contributed to this post.
CNN living right along in fantasy land, just copying propaganda. Call it as it is, demands not expectations, not a proposal, that's a lift of conditions for surrender.
Meanwhile sending more troops, it's nothing but a bad attempt at deception for what ever foolish nonsense Netanyahu and Trump have next in mind. We've seen how Israel treats temporary ceasefires, or even permanent ones.
How has Iran reacted?
Iranian leaders have maintained that there are no negotiations taking place between Washington and Tehran at all. Iran’s military leadership says it cannot negotiate with the US, which has attacked Iran twice during ongoing negotiations over the past two years.
“Has the level of your inner struggle reached the stage of you [Trump] negotiating with yourself?” Ebrahim Zolfaqari, the top spokesperson for Iran’s joint military command, said on Wednesday on Iranian state TV, mocking the US president.
“People like us can never get along with people like you.” “As we have always said … no one like us will make a deal with you. Not now. Not ever.” Iran and Israel continued to trade attacks on Wednesday.
While Iran’s IRGC has made clear that it does not wish to negotiate with the US, Iran does have some conditions for peace. On March 11, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian laid out the Iranian terms for ending the war.
In an X post, Pezeshkian wrote that he had spoken to his counterparts in Russia and Pakistan, and had reaffirmed “Iran’s commitment to peace”.
Pezeshkian wrote: “The only way to end this war – ignited by the Zionist regime & US – is recognizing Iran’s legitimate rights, payment of reparations, and firm int’l guarantees against future aggression.”
It is understood that Iran would also want all sanctions against it to be lifted.
Additionally, Iran’s state-owned Press TV quoted an Iranian official as saying over the weekend that Tehran was seeking the closure of all US military bases in the region, and a new legal mechanism to control transit through the Strait of Hormuz that formalises its de facto dominance over the waterway.
