Iran says it sent nuclear proposal to US through Qatar

Iran has delivered a nuclear proposal to the United States through Qatar, which is serving as a mediator between the two countries.

Reuters reported Thursday (local time), citing a senior Iranian official, that Iran had transmitted the proposal and that the US government is currently reviewing it.

The official said the nuclear proposal would only be discussed after the US meets Iran's seven demands, and said Tehran would not abandon those conditions.

Iran recently presented Washington with what it calls a "two-day plan" through Qatar — a condensed version of its seven-step proposal. The core demands include lifting the US blockade on Iranian ports, suspending sanctions on Iranian oil sales, canceling new sanctions, and returning frozen Iranian assets held abroad.

Iran proposed that if the US fully and explicitly fulfills those conditions, Tehran would open the Strait of Hormuz within two days and resume peace negotiations on other outstanding issues — hence the name "two-day plan."

The US effectively rejected the proposal. Late last month, Vice President JD Vance sent a letter through Qatar to Iranian leadership proposing a resumption of formal negotiations. Iranian parliamentary speaker Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf and other senior officials signaled they would not accept it.

Mohsen Rezaei, secretary-general of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, said US responses to Iran's demands had not been convincing, and insisted the Strait of Hormuz would only be opened once Iran's conditions were met.