The United States has presented Iran with a 15-point plan to end the war. What the media is writing

The United States continues to insist on negotiations with Iran on ending the war and has developed a 15-point plan. So far, Tehran has denied its participation in the dialogue, considering it a ploy by Washington. Against this background, the Pentagon sent another thousand paratroopers to the Middle East. How the world's media cover the possible start of negotiations is in the Izvestia digest.

Bloomberg: The United States has developed a 15-point plan to end the war with Iran

According to sources familiar with the situation, the United States has developed a 15-point plan designed to help end the war with Iran. President Donald Trump is pushing for talks with Tehran in an attempt to stop the fighting. However, these efforts are overshadowed by uncertainty about the structure of the negotiations, the Iranian participants, and how any agreement will be structured.

Despite Washington's initiatives, Iran and Israel have shown no signs of abating the conflict. It is unclear whether Israel has approved of this approach. Israeli officials have stated that they will continue to strike Iran, even despite Trump's statements that negotiations are underway to end the conflict.

The Washington Post: Trump declares victory in the war with Iran

Trump said on March 24 that the war in Iran has already been won and regime change has been achieved, as more than three weeks of US and Israeli airstrikes have claimed the lives of many senior Iranian leaders and destroyed a significant part of its military potential. According to Trump, his son-in-law Jared Kushner, White House special Envoy Steve Witkoff, Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Vice President Jay Dee Vance are participating in the talks, but he did not specify which of the Iranian leaders they are being held with.

Representatives of several governments with knowledge of the diplomatic negotiations said that the conversations between Witkoff and Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi had so far been indirect and had been conducted through intermediaries. Iran has publicly insisted that there are no direct or indirect negotiations and that it is not interested in them. Previous attempts by Qatar and Oman to discuss a cease-fire were unsuccessful, as Washington rejected Tehran's demand for an end to attacks by the United States and Israel before the start of negotiations.

Axios: Iran considers Trump's desire for negotiations a ploy

According to a source with direct knowledge of the negotiations, Iranian officials told the countries trying to mediate that Trump had already deceived them twice, and "they don't want to be deceived again." The United States insists on holding face-to-face peace talks as early as March 26 in Pakistan. However, during the two previous rounds of US-Iranian talks, Trump gave the go-ahead for sudden destructive attacks, while declaring his desire for an agreement.

The White House sent signals to the Iranians that Trump was serious about negotiations, and cited Vance's possible involvement as proof. Two sources said Witkoff recommended the vice president because of the high status of his position and because Iranians do not consider him a hardliner. According to officials, even if negotiations take place, two to three more weeks of war are planned.

Associated Press: about a thousand paratroopers from the United States will head to the Middle East

The US military is preparing to deploy at least a thousand troops of the 82nd Airborne Division to the Middle East in the coming days. This unit is considered the Army's rapid reaction force and can be deployed as soon as possible. This is the latest addition to the U.S. forces involved in the war with Iran, after U.S. officials recently announced that thousands of Marines aboard several U.S. Navy ships would be heading to the region.

Members of the Senate Armed Services Committee are scheduled to receive a classified briefing from Pentagon officials on Capitol Hill, where potential troop deployments are expected to be discussed. Earlier, American officials stated that the destroyer USS Tripoli and the 31st Marine Expeditionary Force were sent to the Middle East. The US Navy also urgently deployed a group of ships with the Marine Corps rapid reaction force there. These two Marine expeditionary forces will replenish the ranks in the region by about 5,000 Marines and thousands of sailors. At the moment, the United States has already deployed about 50,000 troops there.

Piecework offer: The United States is trying to find a way out of the protracted conflict with Iran

The American administration is even considering a partial agreement with Tehran in order to save face.

Reuters: Iran says "non-hostile" vessels may pass through the Strait of Hormuz

Iran has said that "non-hostile vessels" can pass through the Strait of Hormuz if they coordinate their actions with the Iranian authorities. The note from the Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs was sent to the 15 members of the Security Council and UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres. It was then distributed to 176 members of the London-based United Nations Agency for Shipping, responsible for regulating the safety of international navigation and the prevention of environmental pollution.

The memo states that Iran has "taken necessary and proportionate measures to prevent the aggressors and their supporters from using the Strait of Hormuz to conduct hostile operations against Iran," and adds that ships, equipment and any assets belonging to the United States or Israel, "as well as other participants in the aggression, have no right to peaceful or non-hostile passage."".