Trump: Iran's uranium enrichment issue will be "handled perfectly"

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On April 7, U.S. President Donald Trump, in an interview with Agence France-Presse, said that the issue of Iran’s uranium enrichment would be “perfectly handled.” He also claimed that the two-week ceasefire between the U.S. and Iran is a “complete and total victory” for the United States.

Later, on April 7 local time, Trump posted on a social media platform saying that, at Pakistan’s request, following calls with Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Army Chief of Staff Asim Munir, the U.S. has decided to temporarily hold off on the originally planned military strike against Iran.

Subsequently, Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said that the ceasefire between the U.S. and Iran would take effect at 3:30 a.m. on April 8 Iran time (8:00 a.m. Beijing time on April 8).

It is worth noting that, citing two U.S. officials, The New York Times on April 7 reported that before Trump announced the ceasefire with Iran, he placed calls respectively to Pakistan’s Army Chief of Staff Munir and to Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu. The report did not disclose the details of the calls.

The report said that Munir is a key point of contact between the United States and Iran.

According to reports from Iranian media, Iran has submitted 10 ceasefire terms to the U.S., including acceptance of Iran’s uranium enrichment activities.

Earlier, a Xinhua News Agency report said that on April 8, Iran’s Supreme National Security Council issued a statement, disclosing the main content of the 10 ceasefire terms submitted to the U.S. through Pakistan.

The contents include: controlled passage through the Strait of Hormuz coordinated with Iran’s armed forces; the war targeting all resistance forces in the region must be brought to an end; U.S. combat forces withdraw from all bases and deployment points in this area; develop a security and safe passage agreement for the Strait of Hormuz to ensure Iran’s leading position; fully compensate Iran for all estimated losses; lift all primary and secondary sanctions, revoke relevant resolutions of the International Atomic Energy Agency and the United Nations Security Council; unfreeze all frozen Iranian overseas assets and properties; and ultimately adopt a binding UN Security Council resolution approving all the above terms.

The statement said that the approval of the Security Council resolution would make all these terms binding under international law, “delivering a major diplomatic victory for Iran,” and that Pakistan has informed Iran that the U.S. accepts the above principles as the basis for negotiations.

Iranian media later disclosed all 10 terms, but the contents were not fully一致.

According to reports by Iran’s Islamic Republic of Radio and Television, the 10 terms are: 1. The United States should, in principle, guarantee it will not infringe upon Iran; 2. Draft a security and safe passage agreement for the Strait of Hormuz to ensure Iran’s leading position; 3. Accept Iran’s uranium enrichment activities; 4. Lift all primary sanctions against Iran; 5. Lift all secondary sanctions against Iran; 6. Revoke relevant UN Security Council resolutions; 7. Revoke resolutions related to the International Atomic Energy Agency; 8. Pay compensation to Iran; 9. Withdraw U.S. combat forces from the Middle East region; 10. Stop wars across all fronts, such as Lebanon.

Beyond the above, citing sources, Iran’s Fars News Agency reported that the terms proposed by Iran also include: under the safe passage agreement, Iran will allow limited numbers of ships per day to pass through the Strait of Hormuz under Iran’s supervision for a period of two weeks; Iran commits not to manufacture nuclear weapons; Iran agrees to hold talks with countries in the region on bilateral and multilateral peace treaties, on the premise of being consistent with its own national interests; and all parties must ensure that they do not infringe upon Iran’s allies.

Also, according to a report by the Associated Press, under the ceasefire terms proposed by Iran, Iran and Oman will charge fees for ships transiting through the Strait of Hormuz.

Compiled from: Xinhua News Agency, CCTV News

Proofread by: Ran Yanqing