According to Iran’s Tasnim News Agency, the following are 10 points in Iran’s proposed plan to end the war.

  • The United States should fundamentally commit to guaranteeing non-aggression
  • Continuation of Iran’s control over the Strait of Hormuz
  • Acceptance of enrichment
  • Lifting of all primary sanctions
  • Lifting of all secondary sanctions
  • Termination of all UN Security Council resolutions
  • Termination of all resolutions of the IAEA Board of Governors
  • Compensation to Iran
  • Withdrawal of US combat forces from the region
  • Cessation of war on all fronts, including against the heroic Islamic Resistance in Lebanon

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