Iran has submitted a new 14-point proposal to end the war with the US, after President Donald Trump warned the “clock is ticking” on a deal. Tehran delivered the text to Pakistani mediators, who in turn passed the latest proposal to US officials, Iranian state media said.
A source it described as close to the negotiating team said Iran’s latest proposal focuses on negotiations to end the war and confidence-building measures by the Americans. The 14-point text is a revised version of an earlier proposal submitted by Iran, which was rejected by the US and described as “garbage” by Trump.
The revised proposal is Iran’s response to two weeks of the most concentrated diplomatic and military pressure of the entire war: Trump’s “garbage” rejection, the Beijing summit’s nuclear weapon consensus, China’s “no point in this war” statement, Trump’s “TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE” post, and a drone strike on a nuclear power plant on the same morning it was delivered.
What “Confidence-Building Measures by the Americans” Means
The previous Iranian proposal — the one Trump called “garbage” — focused primarily on what Iran wanted: Hormuz sovereignty, war reparations, frozen assets, sanctions relief. The revised proposal’s described focus on “confidence-building measures by the Americans” is a structural shift. Iran is no longer only listing its demands. It is engaging with the US’s demand for Iranian compliance commitments that can be verified.
“Confidence-building measures by the Americans” in diplomatic language typically refers to graduated, verifiable steps that both sides take to build trust before committing to comprehensive agreements: the US partially lifting the blockade in exchange for specific Iranian actions; Iran allowing IAEA inspector access in exchange for specific sanctions relief; a defined timeline for nuclear enrichment suspension in exchange for Hormuz partial reopening.
This framing is consistent with the MOU’s architecture of gradual, simultaneous, verifiable steps. If the revised proposal contains specific Iranian actions that the US can verify — rather than Iranian demands that the US must fulfil before Iran acts — it represents the kind of movement that Rubio described as the minimum required for a “serious process of negotiation.”
The Five Trump Preconditions
As of May 17th, President Trump has reportedly set five preconditions for Iran to resume deal negotiations: 1. 400kg enriched uranium delivered to US. 2. Maintain only one Iranian nuclear facility operational. 3. Withhold the release of even 25% of Iran’s frozen assets. 4. Condition any halt to the war on all fronts on the outcome of negotiations. 5. Refuse to pay any compensation or damages to Iran.
Iran’s revised proposal must address those five preconditions, at least in structure if not in final detail, to avoid another “garbage” rejection. The 400kg HEU delivery remains the hardest single element — Iran’s IRGC has consistently blocked it. Whether the revised proposal contains language on HEU removal (even in principle, to be detailed in the 30-day negotiating period) is the specific question Tuesday’s Situation Room meeting will assess.
