The new 14-point proposal floated by Iran, which is now reportedly under consideration by Donald Trump, does not read like a standard ceasefire proposal, but rather like the kind of strategy that Tehran can use to renegotiate the terms of engagement between Tehran and Washington. The proposal, according to Al Jazeera and reports cited on Iranian and US-linked sites, is sweeping, time-bound, and, arguably most importantly, ambitious in a way that makes both a breakthrough and a breakdown equally plausible.