Top Iran official says negotiations with US 'unreasonable' after alleged violations of 10-point framework

Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf accuses the US of violating three components of a 10-point proposal for long-term peace that Iran submitted on Tuesday and questions whether planned negotiations are even worthwhile given the circumstances.

In announcing a two-week ceasefire between the US and Iran yesterday, US President Donald Trump said he accepted the 10-point proposal submitted by Iran as a basis for negotiations on a long-term deal.

Iranian state media later published what it claims are the contents of Iran’s 10-point proposal.

The US has insisted that the proposal published by Iranian state media is different than the one Tehran submitted on Tuesday. However, the White House has declined to publicize what it says was the actual Iranian offer.

“The deep historical distrust we hold toward the United States stems from its repeated violations of all forms of commitments — a pattern that has regrettably been repeated once again,” Ghalibaf says in a statement posted to X.

“As the president of the United States has clearly stated in his Truth, the Islamic Republic of Iran’s 10-Point Proposal is a ‘workable basis on which to negotiate’ and the main framework for these talks,” the Iranian parliament speaker says. “However, three clauses of this proposal have been violated so far.”

The first is a clause in the 10-point plan stipulating that Lebanon be covered by the ceasefire. Ghalibaf points to comments to that effect by Pakistan’s prime minister, who helped broker the deal. Israel and the US have claimed otherwise, as IDF strikes against Hezbollah have continued.

Ghalibaf then points to what he says is another clause barring further violations of Iran’s airspace and says that a drone did just that earlier today

He claims that “the entry of an intruding drone into Iran airspace” constituted a second violation.

Lastly, Ghalibaf points to Trump’s remarks after the ceasefire announcement in which he insisted that Iran won’t be able to enrich uranium. The parliament speaker claims that the sixth clause of Iran’s 10-point proposal recognized “Iran’s right to enrichment.”

It’s unclear which 10-point proposal Ghalibaf is referring to — or whether Iran did indeed submit a different offer privately on Tuesday.

However, the three clauses mentioned by Ghalibaf are included in the 10-point proposal published by Iranian state media, albeit not in the order listed by the parliament speaker.