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Iran’s 10-point plan acts as basis of Islamabad talks: Deputy FM
Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for Political Affairs Majid Takht-Ravanchi said that the Saturday’s negotiations between Iran and the United States in Pakistan will be based on the 10-point ceasefire plan proposed by Iran.
Delegations from Iran and the US are scheduled to hold the first round of talks in Islamabad on Saturday after a Pakistan-brokered ceasefire agreement between Tehran and Washington took effect on April 8.
The truce was agreed to allow negotiations aimed at ending an unprovoked aggression by the US and the Israeli regime that has already killed thousands and plunged the global economy into turmoil.
Iran pursues a “responsible” approach to the declaration of the ceasefire, adding, “It has been agreed that Iran’s 10-article plan will be the basis for negotiations,” Takht-Ravanchi said in a meeting with ambassadors and heads of foreign diplomatic missions and international organizations based in Tehran on Friday.
“The Islamic Republic of Iran has always welcomed diplomacy and dialogue, but not a dialogue based on false information with the purpose of deceiving and paving the way for renewed military aggression against Iran,” he added.
“We do not want a ceasefire that will allow the aggressive enemy to rearm and launch another attack, and we have explicitly told our friends that this situation will not recur without guarantees,” the Iranian official said.
According to the statement issued by Iran's top security body on Wednesday, the United States has agreed to the 10-point proposal that fundamentally commits Washington to no new aggression against Iran, continued Iranian control over the Strait of Hormuz, acceptance of uranium enrichment, removal of all primary sanctions, removal of all secondary sanctions, termination of all anti-Iran UN Security Council resolutions, termination of all anti-Iran IAEA Board of Governors resolutions, payment of compensation to Iran, withdrawal of US forces from the region and cessation of war on all fronts, including against the Islamic Resistance of Lebanon.
Iran's Parliament Speaker Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf said on Friday that two previously agreed measures, a ceasefire in Lebanon and the release of Iran's blocked assets, must be implemented before negotiations begin.
In a post on X on Friday, Qalibaf said the steps were part of commitments made between the parties and warned that talks should not start until they were fulfilled.
US Vice President JD Vance is due to lead the US delegation on Saturday, joined by special envoy Steve Witkoff and Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner.
Vance said on Friday he was looking forward to having positive negotiations with Iran as he left for talks in Pakistan with a warning to Tehran not to "play us.”