THE MIND OF THE PEOPLE — The two-week ceasefire between the United States and Iran agreed to on Wednesday (8/4/2026) refers to a 10-point proposal that Tehran submitted to Washington through Pakistani intermediaries. However, what the contents of the proposal are and to what extent the US agrees to it is still a matter of debate between the two parties.
US President Donald Trump said he had received Iran’s 10-point proposal and viewed it as “a basis upon which to negotiate.” The decision came less than an hour before his self-imposed deadline to launch a major attack on Iran expired.
Quoting The Guardian, Tehran’s 10-point proposal includes a number of main demands. Among these are US guarantees not to carry out aggression against Iran, the lifting of all primary and secondary sanctions, the withdrawal of the US military from the Middle East region, and the cessation of attacks against Iran and its allies. Iran also demands the release of frozen assets, the termination of the UN Security Council resolution against Iran, and ratification of the agreement through an official UN resolution.
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The proposal specifically also includes Iran’s continued control of the strategic Strait of Hormuz. There are striking differences between the Persian and English versions of the proposal. The Persian version included the phrase “acceptance” of Iran’s uranium enrichment, while the phrase did not appear in the English version that Iranian diplomats shared with journalists.
The US then provided clarification questioning the authenticity of the documents in circulation. Quoting AFP, a senior US official said the document reported by the media was not a real framework, and emphasized that his party would not negotiate in public. Trump himself later said the ceasefire was based on the US version of the 15-point proposal, not Iran’s 10-point proposal.
White House spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt also said the Iranian proposal was “not serious, unacceptable, and completely discarded,” a statement that contradicted Trump’s previous admission.
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Regarding the management of the Strait of Hormuz, citing The Guardian, Iran proposed a provision that shipping in this route must be coordinated with the Iranian armed forces, at a reported cost of up to 2 million US dollars per ship. Iran and Oman are said to be sharing revenues from the scheme.
Iran’s Supreme National Security Council said the proposal would serve as a framework for negotiations, although it did not publicly detail all its elements. The ceasefire agreement was reached an hour before Trump’s deadline, with Iran reportedly agreeing to temporarily reopen the strategic Strait of Hormuz.
Both parties claimed this ceasefire as their respective victory. Trump said Iran had put forward a reasonable proposal as a basis for permanent negotiations, while Iran, through its official IRNA news agency, said the US had surrendered to the will of the Iranian people. This ceasefire stopped the US-Israel war in Iran which had been going on for 40 days.
Further negotiations are scheduled to take place in Islamabad, Pakistan, on Friday (10/4/2026), with US and Iranian delegations claimed to be present to discuss a more permanent peace framework.***
