{"id":36255,"date":"2026-03-25T23:30:13","date_gmt":"2026-03-25T23:30:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/36255\/"},"modified":"2026-03-25T23:30:13","modified_gmt":"2026-03-25T23:30:13","slug":"iran-calls-trumps-peace-plan-deceptive-more-troops-head-to-mideast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/36255\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran calls Trump’s peace plan ‘deceptive’; more troops head to Mideast"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

WASHINGTON\u00a0\u2014\u00a0The Trump administration has offered Iran a 15-point ceasefire plan<\/a> aimed at temporarily halting the war in the Middle East, as the Pentagon simultaneously orders thousands of Marines, paratroopers and a warship to the region.<\/p>\n

The plan presented to Iranian leadership Tuesday broadly included a 30-day ceasefire and sanctions relief for Iran in exchange for a laundry list of U.S. demands, according to the Associated Press and other outlets.<\/p>\n

But the Islamic Republic dismissed the proposal Wednesday, criticizing the White House\u2019s terms as \u201cexcessive\u201d and out of step with reality, according to Iranian state-run media.<\/p>\n

Those terms included limitations on Tehran\u2019s missile stockpiles and the permanent end to its nuclear program, its support for regional militias including Hezbollah and the lifting of its blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, various outlets reported, citing Pakistani officials mediating the negotiations.<\/p>\n

Several of those provisions have long been considered nonstarters for Iran, which sees its missile arsenal and regional alliances as central to national security. <\/p>\n

\u201cIran will end the war when it decides to do so and when its own conditions are met,\u201d an Iranian official told state media. \u201cNot when Trump envisions its conclusion.\u201d<\/p>\n

The official outlined the Islamic Republic\u2019s terms for ending the conflict, which included a halt to \u201caggression and assassinations,\u201d an end to fighting on all fronts, enforceable guarantees that hostilities will not resume, compensation for war damage and a formal recognition of Iran\u2019s sovereignty over the Strait of Hormuz.<\/p>\n

Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has stated that Iran is not interested in a ceasefire but rather a comprehensive \u201cend of war\u201d on all fronts, including the lifting of sanctions and guarantees to allow Tehran to pursue peaceful nuclear enrichment for energy and medical applications.<\/p>\n

Iranian officials told state media that they believed the Trump administration\u2019s diplomatic efforts were deceptive.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou have reached a stage where you are negotiating with yourselves,\u201d Iranian military spokesman Ebrahim Zolfaqari said in a televised address Wednesday. \u201cDo not call your defeat an agreement.\u201d <\/p>\n

Since the start of the conflict, Iranian leaders have voiced suspicion of any diplomatic talks with the Trump administration, pointing to prewar diplomatic efforts as evidence that they were \u201ctricked.\u201d The Islamic Republic says it made clear in those talks that it had no interest in developing nuclear weapons, but President Trump launched his military campaign nonetheless. <\/p>\n

There have been conflicting media reports over Tehran\u2019s exact position. Statements from Iranian officials and state-linked outlets have left open the possibility that elements of the proposal are still under review, while some reports frame the response as an outright refusal.<\/p>\n

The Iranian response also conflicts with Trump\u2019s insistence that negotiations were progressing.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have had very, very strong talks,\u201d he said Sunday in Florida. \u201cWe have points, major points of agreement. I would say almost all points of agreement will at some point very, very soon meet.\u201d<\/p>\n

Compounding the issue, Israel \u2014 which continues to carry out routine bombing campaigns over Iran \u2014 has stayed out of the talks.<\/p>\n

Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke about the peace deal in a phone call Tuesday. In a televised address, Netanyahu said that Trump \u201cbelieves there is an opportunity\u201d to realize U.S.-Israeli war objectives in an agreement \u201cthat will safeguard our vital interests.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cAt the same time, we continue to strike both in Iran and in Lebanon,\u201d Netanyahu said. \u201cWe will safeguard our vital interests in any scenario.\u201d<\/p>\n

Asked whether the White House is confident that Israel and allies would go along with a U.S.-brokered deal, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said the president has been shown to have a \u201cunique skill\u201d in bringing allies on board with his plans, but did not indicate whether Netanyahu has committed to honoring a ceasefire. <\/p>\n

On Monday, Trump briefly hinted at the U.S. demands of the Iranian government, saying that if the United States reaches a deal with Iran, taking their enriched uranium would be \u201cvery easy.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIf we have a deal with them, we\u2019re going down and we\u2019ll take it ourselves,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

The president also expects the peace talks to give the U.S. a say in who controls the Strait of Hormuz. Asked who would oversee the vital shipping lane after the war, he said \u201cmaybe me,\u201d but also that it could be \u201cjointly controlled\u201d by him and \u201cwhoever the ayatollah is\u201d in the future.<\/p>\n

The negotiations are being facilitated by Pakistan, with support from Egypt and Turkey \u2014 countries that have pushed to contain a conflict that has killed more than 2,400 people, further destabilized the embattled region and disrupted global oil markets.<\/p>\n

As Washington pursued a diplomatic end to the conflict, the Pentagon deployed an additional 2,000 troops<\/a> from the 82nd Airborne Division to the Mideast. An additional 5,000 Marines and thousands of sailors are already en route to the region, where 50,000 more Marines are stationed.<\/p>\n

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) told reporters Wednesday that the deployment \u201csends a signal to Iran that they need to get their act together,\u201d but denied any upcoming escalations by the American side. Johnson instead said that he believes \u201cOperation Epic Fury is almost done.\u201d<\/p>\n

Now in its fourth week, the operation began with a series of intensive airstrikes that killed Iran\u2019s supreme leader, Ali Khamenei, and dozens of other high-ranking officials. Since then, the U.S. and Israel have carried out over 9,000 strikes targeting Iranian military infrastructure and nuclear program. <\/p>\n

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth told reporters in the Oval Office on Tuesday that while the president\u2019s diplomatic envoys seek a peace deal, his department will continue to \u201cnegotiate with bombs.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe president has made it clear that you will not have a nuclear weapon. The War Department agrees,\u201d Hegseth said. \u201cOur job is to ensure that, and so we\u2019re keeping our hand on that throttle.\u201d<\/p>\n

Iranian retaliatory strikes have hit Persian Gulf infrastructure and halted energy production and shipping in the region, spurring global fears of an enduring supply crunch. Meanwhile, Israel has expanded operations in Iran and sought to extend its borders into Lebanon.<\/p>\n

Oil prices, which had surged above $120 per barrel earlier in the conflict, fell sharply this week on hopes that a ceasefire could ease supply woes.<\/p>\n

In a statement Wednesday, United Nations Secretary-General Ant\u00f3nio Guterres demanded an end to the fighting, which he said \u201chas broken past limits even leaders thought imaginable.\u201d<\/p>\n

He specifically called on the U.S. and Israel to end the war, as \u201chuman suffering deepens, civilian casualties mount, and the global economic impact is increasingly devastating.\u201d<\/p>\n

Times staff writers Ana Ceballos in Washington and Nabih Bulos in Beirut contributed to this report.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"WASHINGTON\u00a0\u2014\u00a0The Trump administration has offered Iran a 15-point ceasefire plan aimed at temporarily halting the war in the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":36256,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[8646,16030,177,11130,34,11411,37,1728,9081,722,398,16183,16182,392,36],"class_list":{"0":"post-36255","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-iran","8":"tag-agreement","9":"tag-ceasefire-plan","10":"tag-conflict","11":"tag-end","12":"tag-iran","13":"tag-iranian-official","14":"tag-israel","15":"tag-marines","16":"tag-point","17":"tag-president-trump","18":"tag-region","19":"tag-reporter","20":"tag-term","21":"tag-trump","22":"tag-war"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@iran\/116292421066337817","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36255","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36255"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36255\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/36256"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36255"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36255"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36255"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}