Former U.S. National Security Advisor during the Biden administration, Jake Sullivan, told Jon Stewart on The Daily Show that two days before the Trump administration started bombing Iran on February 28, Tehran presented the U.S. with a peace proposal in Geneva.

Note: On February 26, President Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner and the President’s Special Envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff met with Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi in Geneva for a third round of Oman-mediated talks aimed at reaching a nuclear agreement.

According to Sullivan, the U.S. negotiators “simply didn’t understand what they were being offered, and they ignored it and decided to go ahead and strike anyway.”

When Stewart asked Sullivan to elaborate, the former NSA said: “If you listen to the way that our, the Trump administration officials who were involved in this, spoke about what the Iranians were proposing, there’s a mismatch between that and what the mediators, the Omani mediators said was actually on the table.”

BOMBSHELL: Jake Sullivan reveals that just days before the US started bombing Iran, Tehran put a massive peace proposal on the table in Geneva. The US negotiators “simply didn’t understand what they were being offered” and bombed them anyway! pic.twitter.com/HuAwNm9db4

— Furkan Gözükara (@FurkanGozukara) March 24, 2026

The Arms Control Association, which received recordings and/or transcripts from several participants in the briefings, but has not seen a copy of the Iranian proposal from the February 26 talks, supports Sullivan’s assessment. It reported:

“Trump’s dissatisfaction and impatience with the negotiating process appear to have been fed, in part, by Witkoff and Kushner’s accounts of the U.S.-Iran talks. Comments made by Witkoff in two background briefings with reporters on Feb. 28 and March 3, as well as media appearances since the strikes began, made clear that Witkoff did not have sufficient technical expertise or diplomatic experience to engage in effective diplomacy. His lack of knowledge and mischaracterization of Iran’s positions and nuclear program throughout the process likely informed Trump’s assessment that talks were not progressing and Iran was not negotiating seriously.”

NOTE: The Arms Control Association, founded in 1971, describes itself as “a national nonpartisan membership organization dedicated to promoting public understanding of and support for effective arms control policies.”

Former U.S. National Security Advisor during the Biden administration, Jake Sullivan, told Jon Stewart on The Daily Show that two days before the Trump administration started bombing Iran on February 28, Tehran presented the U.S. with a peace proposal in Geneva.

Note: On February 26, President Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner and the President’s Special Envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff met with Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi in Geneva for a third round of Oman-mediated talks aimed at reaching a nuclear agreement.

According to Sullivan, the U.S. negotiators “simply didn’t understand what they were being offered, and they ignored it and decided to go ahead and strike anyway.”

When Stewart asked Sullivan to elaborate, the former NSA said: “If you listen to the way that our, the Trump administration officials who were involved in this, spoke about what the Iranians were proposing, there’s a mismatch between that and what the mediators, the Omani mediators said was actually on the table.”

BOMBSHELL: Jake Sullivan reveals that just days before the US started bombing Iran, Tehran put a massive peace proposal on the table in Geneva. The US negotiators “simply didn’t understand what they were being offered” and bombed them anyway! pic.twitter.com/HuAwNm9db4

— Furkan Gözükara (@FurkanGozukara) March 24, 2026

The Arms Control Association, which received recordings and/or transcripts from several participants in the briefings, but has not seen a copy of the Iranian proposal from the February 26 talks, supports Sullivan’s assessment. It reported:

“Trump’s dissatisfaction and impatience with the negotiating process appear to have been fed, in part, by Witkoff and Kushner’s accounts of the U.S.-Iran talks. Comments made by Witkoff in two background briefings with reporters on Feb. 28 and March 3, as well as media appearances since the strikes began, made clear that Witkoff did not have sufficient technical expertise or diplomatic experience to engage in effective diplomacy. His lack of knowledge and mischaracterization of Iran’s positions and nuclear program throughout the process likely informed Trump’s assessment that talks were not progressing and Iran was not negotiating seriously.”

NOTE: The Arms Control Association, founded in 1971, describes itself as “a national nonpartisan membership organization dedicated to promoting public understanding of and support for effective arms control policies.”