Diplomatic maneuvering is underway to try to secure a one-month ceasefire between the United States and Iran, Israeli Channel 12 reported on Tuesday. Sources cited by the outlet say private figures are structuring an arrangement that would mirror earlier ceasefire frameworks used in Gaza and Lebanon.
According to the Channel 12 report, real estate investor Steve Witkoff and former White House adviser Jared Kushner are helping craft the deal architecture. The plan would create a month-long pause in hostilities during which negotiators would work through a 15-point agreement intended to address core security and proliferation concerns.
The 15-point agenda, as described in Channel 12’s account, includes a clause to grant the International Atomic Energy Agency full access to all relevant information and a provision for the transfer of enriched uranium to the agency. Those elements are presented as central terms to be resolved within the proposed month-long window.
In parallel coverage, The New York Times reported that the United States has transmitted a 15-point proposal to Iran. The report said the document was delivered via Pakistan, where the army chief has taken on a prominent intermediary role between Washington and Tehran. The Times account quoted officials who described the plan as addressing Iran’s ballistic missile and nuclear programs; a separate official also noted that maritime routes are part of the discussion.
Field Marshal Syed Asim Munir, Pakistan’s army chief, is portrayed in these reports as the principal interlocutor connecting the two governments. Officials cited by The New York Times said Egypt and Turkey have been encouraging Iran to engage constructively with the initiative. The reports also indicate Field Marshal Munir is believed to retain close ties with Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps.
As part of his shuttle diplomacy, Munir reportedly reached out to Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, speaker of Iran’s Parliament and a former Revolutionary Guards commander, proposing that Pakistan host talks between Iran and the United States, according to an Iranian official and a Pakistani official.
Significant unknowns remain. It is not yet clear how broadly the 15-point plan has been shared among Iranian decision-makers or whether Tehran would accept the proposal as a formal basis for negotiations. Separate reporting also leaves open whether Israel - which, the reports note, has been conducting bombing operations against Iran together with the United States - supports the proposed ceasefire mechanism.
Contextual note: The accounts cited outline a diplomatic channel that relies on a month-long halt to hostilities to create space for negotiating detailed security measures. The outcome depends on both the internal reception of the plan in Tehran and the position of regional and allied actors.