Iran’s 10-point framework guides negotiations with America in Islamabad
Iran seeks guarantee US will never resort to aggression against it in future: Country demands lifting of all sanctions, payment of compensation for reconstruction; Iran demands withdrawal of US combat forces from region; Assures US it will stop its pursuit for nuclear weapons; Iran’s Supreme National Security Council says no permanent ceasefire yet
After suffering a humiliating and undisputable defeat at the hands of Iran, the US has been forced to start negotiations with Iran on the basis of 10 points put forward by Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, reported 24NewsHD TV channel.
According to the Iranian media, one of the conditions the country has laid down for talks is that the US will give a guarantee that it will never resort to aggression against it in future.
Another point is that the Straight of Hormuz will be reopened and that Iran will retain its control over it.
Besides that, Iran has demanded that all sanctions imposed on it will be lifted, and that all resolutions passed by the Security Council and the Board of Governors would be withdrawn.
Yet another point is that the US should unfreeze Iran’s assets and release funds.
The country has demanded the payment of complete compensation so that it could meet the expenditures of its reconstruction.
Other points are the end of wars in Iraq, Lebanon and Yemen and the withdrawal of the US combat forces from the region.
Iran, on the other hand, has assured the US that it will stop its quest for nuclear weapons.
Iran’s Supreme National Security Council has laid down some conditions in order to reach a permanent ceasefire with the US and Israel.
Sources told the 24News TV channel that the council had made it clear that Iran would only accept a permanent ceasefire when the principles laid down in its 10-point plan would be accepted and their details would come under discussion during the negotiations set to get underway in Islamabad on April 11.
They informed that the country’s senior leadership had decided that these principles would form the basis of negotiations with the US that would continue for two weeks.
The council, sources revealed, had underscored the point that the start of negotiations did not imply a permanent end to the war and that the truce would be extended with the consent of the parties to the conflict.
Reporter: Anwar Abbas