Iran rejects Trump's proposal for ceasefire as US dispatches forces

Adam Lucente

Mar 25, 2026

An Iraqi police officer stands guard as a man walks beneath a billboard bearing a portrait of Iran's slain supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in Baghdad on March 25, 2026. Iraq will submit a formal complaint to the United Nations Security Council over strikes in its territory, the office of the prime minister said on March 25, following an attack in the country's west that killed seven security personnel. Iraq has been drawn into the Middle East war triggered by the US-Israel attack on its neighbour Iran — An Iraqi police officer stands guard as a man walks beneath a billboard bearing a portrait of Iran's slain supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, in Baghdad on March 25, 2026. — AHMAD AL-RUBAYE / AFP via Getty Images

Iran has rejected a US proposal to end the war, state media reported on Wednesday, in a potential blow to the Trump administration’s efforts to secure an agreement.

Press TV reported that Iran “responded negatively” to the American proposal. A senior Iranian official told the outlet that “Iran will end the war when it decides to do so and when its own conditions are met.”

In a post on X, Iran's Consulate General in Mumbai outlined 5 demands for any ceasefire, most of which are seen as nonstarters by the Trump administration. Iran is requesting, it said, that "the enemy's aggression and acts of assassination come to an end"; "objective conditions are established to ensure that the war will not recur"; "the payment of damages and war reparations is guaranteed and clearly determined"; "the end of the war is implemented across all fronts and for all resistance groups involved in this conflict"; and "Iran's exercise of authority over the Strait of Hormuz is its natural and legal right, and guarantees for the implementation of the other party's commitments must be recognized."

The consulate said that Iran has informed all mediators "that a ceasefire will only take place once its conditions are accepted; until then, no negotiations will be conducted."

The US delivered a 15-point proposal on ending the war to Iran via Pakistan, multiple outlets reported on Tuesday. Israel's Channel 12 reported that the plan calls for the dismantling of Iran’s existing nuclear capabilities, ending all enrichment on Iranian territory and requiring Iran to hand its stockpile of enriched uranium to the International Atomic Energy Agency.

The plan reportedly also calls for the dismantling of the Natanz, Isfahan and Fordow nuclear facilities, and for Iran to limit its use of missiles to self-defense. It mandates that the Strait of Hormuz must remain open, that Iran’s missile program be limited in both range and quantity and that Iran cease its support for all proxy groups.

The news comes as the US readies additional deployments to the region. Al-Monitor reported on Tuesday that the US is preparing to send an additional 3,000 troops to the region as the administration weighs ground operations against Iran.

This is a developing story and will be updated.