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Iran's latest proposal to the United States contains several unforeseen demands that President Donald Trump is unlikely to accept, seemingly reflecting the maximalist approach Washington has taken throughout the negotiation process, an Iran expert said.
"Some of these demands are not initial," Trita Parsi, executive vice president of the Quincy Institute for Responsible Citizenship in Washington, D.C., told CNN, "reflecting" what Trump has done throughout the war and negotiations.
Trump has repeatedly made demands that Iran has warned are beyond its "red lines." He has also sought to drive Iran into a state of complete capitulation, which the Islamic Republic has vowed never to do.
Iran's semi-official Tasnim news agency reported that Tehran has submitted a 14-point response to a U.S. proposal. Trump said he would consider the new plan from Iran, but added that he "can't imagine it would be acceptable."
Iran's proposal was presented through a Pakistani intermediary and calls for "an end to the war on all fronts, including Lebanon," Tasnim reported, among other demands such as the release of frozen Iranian assets, the lifting of sanctions and the payment of war reparations.
“The fact that there are still so many far-reaching demands is a reflection of two things. First, the Iranians are mirroring what Trump is doing, because Trump continues to make maximalist demands. And second, within the talks, the written negotiations have not made much progress,” Parsi said.
However, Parsi noted that the demands the Iranians have put forward are not “non-negotiable” nor are they demands that the Iranians themselves believe will be met. The analyst added that we still don’t know what Tehran is offering in return for these demands, cautioning that so far the full picture is unclear.
“Only after you see the entirety of that picture can you then judge whether this proposal has any basis or not ,” he concluded.
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