Iran Answers U.S. Proposal With 14 Points; Trump Says He Is Not Satisfied

Iran has answered an American proposal to end the war with a 14-point plan delivered through Pakistani mediators, and President Trump said Saturday that he was reviewing it but was “not satisfied.” Anadolu Agency reported, citing Iran’s semi-official Tasnim news agency, that the reply responds to a nine-point U.S. proposal and centers on ending the war. CBS News reported that Iran delivered the text through Pakistan on Thursday, April 30, and Anadolu, again citing Tasnim, said Tehran wants the issues resolved within 30 days.

Under the proposal, as described by Tasnim and relayed by Anadolu, Iran wants assurances that the United States will not take military action against it, the withdrawal of U.S. forces from areas around Iran, an end to the naval blockade and to sanctions, the release of frozen Iranian assets, compensation payments and an end to hostilities on several fronts, including Lebanon. It also lays out a framework for the Strait of Hormuz. Anadolu noted that all details come from Tasnim and that the text has not been independently confirmed.

Washington had proposed a two-month ceasefire, Anadolu reported, while Tehran prefers to end the war rather than extend the truce. Pakistan brokered a ceasefire between the sides in early April and arranged talks in Islamabad, and Anadolu said it intends to stay in its mediating role until the conflict ends.

Trump responded on Saturday. He said he was reviewing the plan and was “not satisfied,” and CBS News reported that he said he could not “imagine that it would be acceptable.”

The diplomacy is unfolding as the economic confrontation continues. CBS News reported that a U.S. naval blockade of Iranian ports began April 13 and that U.S. Central Command said it had redirected 48 vessels by Saturday. Shipping traffic through the Strait of Hormuz has fallen by more than 90 percent since the conflict began, according to the Royal Navy, as cited by CBS. The Treasury Department warned on Friday that paying the toll Iran has proposed for passage could violate U.S. sanctions.

The ceasefire that began April 7 remains in place, though it is contested. On Friday Trump told congressional leaders that hostilities with Iran had “terminated,” a claim Senate Democrats rejected, CBS reported. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth told the Senate Armed Services Committee on Thursday that the pause in fighting means the War Powers clock “pauses or stops.”

Anadolu reported that Pakistan intends to remain a mediator until the conflict ends.