Zarif Proposes 7-Point Peace Plan to End US-Israeli War on Iran
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Zarif Proposes 7-Point Peace Plan to End US-Israeli War on Iran

05 April, 2026.Iran.6 sources

Key Takeaways

  • Zarif publishes peace plan in Foreign Affairs to end the US-Israel war on Iran.
  • Plan goes beyond a temporary ceasefire and addresses escalating Middle East tensions.
  • Hardliners criticized the proposal; Gulf states criticized Iran’s actions.

Zarif's Peace Blueprint

The plan goes beyond a temporary ceasefire and holds US-Israeli forces fully accountable for the destruction and deaths.

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Central to the proposal is reopening the Strait of Hormuz and placing limits on Iran's nuclear program in exchange for lifting all sanctions.

Zarif also offered a mutual nonaggression pact and a regional fuel-enrichment consortium.

Gulf officials immediately rejected the plan as insufficient.

Reopening Hormuz in Exchange for Lifting Sanctions

At the heart of Zarif's plan is the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz.

In exchange, Zarif demanded the unconditional lifting of all sanctions affecting Iran's oil exports, banking, and industry.

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Nuclear limits would include a pledge not to pursue nuclear weapons and reduce enrichment levels to below 3.67 percent.

Zarif dismissed US demands for zero uranium enrichment as fanciful.

Accountability and Gulf Rejection

This narrative clashed with Gulf state officials who criticized the proposal as ignoring Iran's aggressive actions.

The war's expansion beyond Iran's borders compounded economic and strategic uncertainty.

Internal Iranian Response

Zarif's proposal triggered sharp divisions within Iran.

Hardliners condemned him as The American Zarif.

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The main ISGC media outlet Tasnim dismissed the article as ill-considered remarks.

Concluding the War

He stressed that the Americans and Israelis find themselves in a quagmire with no exit strategy.

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The war had killed more than 2,000 people in Iran and Gulf states by this point.

Zarif sought to leverage Iran's battlefield gains into diplomatic momentum.

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