President Donald Trump said Sunday that Iran has agreed to “the majority” of a list of 15 demands that the United States sent through Pakistan to end the war.
Asked whether Iran had complied with these points, the president told reporters on the Air Force plane: “They gave us most of the points. Why didn’t they respond?”
“They agree with our plan. We asked for 15 things, and in most cases we’re going to ask for a few more,” Trump continued.
The Iranian government did not immediately accept the 15-point plan last week. Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi previously acknowledged that the messages were exchanged through an intermediary, but expressed skepticism about the US government’s position.
Trump also said Iran had provided U.S. crude oil to be shipped tomorrow to “prove that we’re serious.” When President Trump spoke last week about Iran’s “gift” to the United States, he said it was “a lot of oil, enough to fill 10 ships.”
“And today they gave us another gift. They gave us 20 ships worth of oil. The shipments start tomorrow,” he said.
President Trump continued, “We had a very good meeting, both directly and indirectly, and I think we got a lot of very important points.”
Background: As CNN previously reported, the 15-point plan is believed to include a commitment to ban Iran’s nuclear weapons, hand over highly enriched uranium, limit Tehran’s defense capabilities, end regional proxies and reopen the Strait of Hormuz.
President Trump previously told CNN’s Caitlan Collins that Iran is committed not to have nuclear weapons, something the Iranian government has said publicly in the past.
