Update
Iran’s state-owned Press TV says the regime has rejected a list of points sent by the Trump administration via an intermediary in a bid to get peace talks going. Tehran has mocked the Trump administration for “negotiating with yourselves” but said earlier that it was reviewing terms for potential negotiations.
It isn’t clear which faction is saying we are negotiating with ourselves. Whether they are right or wrong, we cannot say.
The Pentagon is expected to send service members and hardware from the Army’s 82nd Airborne Division to the Middle East, according to two sources, bolstering the U.S. military presence in the region as President Trump considers using ground forces in a war he claims is already won.
Original Story
Earlier today, we noted that President Trump received a very expensive gift from Iran for Americans as a show of good faith. I think the gift was to let everyone but enemy combatants (the US and Israel) to sail safely through the Strait of Hormuz. They also agreed to end the development of nuclear weapons. Israel’s Channel 12 published the Trump Administration’s 15-point plan sent to Iran to end the war:
1. Removal of all sanctions on Iran.
2. US assistance in advancing and developing a civilian nuclear project (electricity generation).
3. Removal of the threat of sanctions being reimposed.
4. Iran’s nuclear programme is frozen under a defined framework.
5. Enriched uranium to remain, but under supervision and agreed limits.
6. Missile programme to be addressed at a later stage, with limits on quantity and range.
7. Use of nuclear programmes restricted to civilian/defensive purposes only.
8. Development of existing nuclear capabilities halted.
9. No further expansion of enrichment capabilities.
10. No production of weapons-grade nuclear material on Iranian soil.
11. All enriched material to be handed over to the IAEA within an agreed timeline.
12. Natanz, Isfahan and Fordow to be taken out of use (destroyed).
13. International monitoring and verification mechanisms enforced.
14. Gradual implementation tied to compliance.
15. Additional regional and security understandings between the parties.