Iran Chides U.S. Offer for Peace Negotiations

Articles | March 25, 2026 | by Catholics for Catholics

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Instead, it laid out its own proposal to end the war between the U.S. and Israel against Iran.

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Hinting that it is far from crying uncle, Iran spurned an American offer to stop the war, instead it launched additional attacks against Israel and some Gulf Arab nations, including an offensive that triggered a big fire at Kuwait International Airport.

Iran’s hubris comes even as the United States is deploying elite units like the 82^nd Airborne Division and Marines to the region. Still, Iran is launching airstrikes.

According to a story by Newsmax, an Iranian state television English-language broadcaster cited an anonymous official as saying Iran rebuffed the U.S. ‘s ceasefire offer and has its own ultimatums for an end to the fighting.

“Iran will end the war when it decides to do so and when its own conditions are met,” the hardliner-controlled Press TV quoted the official as saying.

According to Iranian media, those five conditions are:

1. A full halt to “aggression and assassinations” by the enemy.
2. Concrete guarantees that war will not be imposed on Iran again.
3. Guaranteed and clearly defined war reparations.
4. An end to the war across all fronts, including for all resistance groups in the region.
5. International recognition and guarantees of Iran’s sovereign authority over the Strait of Hormuz.

The proposal also includes restrictions on Iran’s support for armed groups, according to an Egyptian official involved in the mediation efforts.

Iran has mocked Donald Trump's claims that the U.S. has engaged in peace talks with Tehran.

A spokesperson for the Iranian military said in a pre-recorded statement that the U.S. president is trying to "dress up your defeat as an agreement"

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But Karoline Leavitt, the White House press secretary claimed the U.S. and Iran are in ongoing talks even as Iranian officials negate it.

“Talks continue. They are productive, as the president said on Monday, and they continue to be,” Leavitt said at a White House briefing on Wednesday.

But Leavitt cautioned that if talks with Iran don’t succeed, President Donald Trump “will ensure they are hit harder than they have ever been hit before.”