Iran: Our "red lines" are the basis for responding to the US proposal

Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmail Baghaei said on Monday that Iran has "not seen a change" in the US position on lifting sanctions, stressing that Tehran's red lines will be "the basis for responding to the US proposal." Baghaei added in a press conference: "The United States must be clear about how to lift sanctions to ensure that past experiences are not repeated while the two countries negotiate an agreement to resolve a decades-long dispute over Iran's nuclear ambitions."

He continued, "Any text that includes extreme and exaggerated demands and ignores the legitimate rights and interests of the Iranian people will certainly not receive a positive response from Iran," explaining that Iran's red lines "will be the basis for responding to the American proposal," according to what was reported by the Iranian news agency, IRNA.

Baghaei noted that "Iran's position is clear from a legal and human rights perspective regarding its right to continue uranium enrichment, as well as its insistence on ending unjust sanctions," emphasizing that these two elements must be present in any potential agreement.

Regarding sanctions, Baghaei stressed that "Iran's most important demand in any negotiating process is the lifting of sanctions," explaining that "Iran's position on the nuclear program is clear. We are confident in its peaceful nature, and we have demonstrated this not only in words but also in actions. We are prepared to take confidence-building measures under the supervision of the International Atomic Energy Agency."

"What matters to us is ensuring that the sanctions will actually be lifted, and so far the US has not shown any willingness to provide clarification or transparency. For us, it must be clear how and when the sanctions will be lifted, and we want to see the practical effects of this in our banking transactions," he added, according to Tasnim news agency.

The American proposal

White House spokeswoman Caroline Leavitt said Saturday that US Special Envoy Steve Witkoff had "sent a detailed and acceptable proposal" regarding the nuclear agreement to Iran, considering it "in Tehran's interest" to accept it.

"President Donald Trump has made it clear that Iran can never acquire a nuclear bomb," she added in a statement, while refusing to reveal details of the US proposal.

In turn, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi announced that his Omani counterpart, Badr al-Busaidi, visited Tehran on Saturday to present the "terms of the American proposal" for the nuclear agreement. He affirmed in a post on Twitter that Iran would "respond" to the American proposal "appropriately, in line with the principles, national interests, and rights of the Iranian people."

The New York Times quoted informed officials as saying that the American document is "a series of basic points, not a complete draft of an agreement."

According to the sources, the document calls on Iran to halt all uranium enrichment activities and proposes the creation of a "regional alliance" to enrich uranium for civilian nuclear programs, under the supervision of the International Atomic Energy Agency and the United States.

In recent weeks, Iranian officials have publicly rejected US demands to end all uranium enrichment activities, declaring that they will "never give up their right to produce nuclear fuel for civilian uses," calling it a "red line."

The written proposal came after the fifth round of negotiations between Iran and the United States, hosted in Rome a week ago. It is also the first written offer submitted by the US envoy to Iran since the negotiations began in early April.