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Former FM Zarif proposes Iran peace plan: drop nuclear weapons development in exchange for US sanctions relief
·Tehran, Iran
Former Iranian Foreign Minister and Vice President Mohammad Javad Zarif publicly proposed a peace plan: Iran halts nuclear weapons development; the US lifts sanctions. The proposal has no official government endorsement.
Former Iranian Foreign Minister and Vice President Mohammad Javad Zarif publicly proposed a peace framework on April 3: Iran would drop nuclear weapons development programs, and in return the United States would lift sanctions. The proposal is not an official government position — Zarif is not currently a serving official and is making the proposal as a public political figure. However, his prominence and track record of diplomatic negotiations (including the 2015 JCPOA) give his proposal weight as a political signal. The framework represents the most explicit Iranian offer of a nuclear compromise since the conflict began. It aligns with Zarif's history of nuclear deal advocacy and signals that a faction within Iranian politics believes a diplomatic solution remains possible.
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Actor responses
Iranian government has not endorsed Zarif's peace proposal — but has not repudiated it either. Zarif speaks as a political figure, not an official.
US has not formally responded to Zarif's peace proposal — administration monitoring but no official engagement with unofficial Iranian offer.
Israel skeptical of Zarif's peace framework — previous nuclear deal failed to constrain Iranian aggression; requires verifiable dismantlement, not just commitment.
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