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28-03-2026
TEHRAN/ WASHINGTON: Iran rejected a US ceasefire offer and has laid out its own list of conditions for ending the war, Iranian state media reported Wednesday.
State broadcaster Press TV, citing a senior political-security official with knowledge of the details of the proposal, reported that Iran’s five-point counteroffer would give Tehran control over the Strait of Hormuz.
That may be a nonstarter for the US President Donald Trump on Monday floated the possibility that the crucial oil shipping route could be controlled jointly by “me and the ayatollah.”
Iran also seeks war-related reparations, the official told the state news outlet.
Here is Iran’s complete list of conditions, according to Press TV:
A complete halt to “aggression and assassinations” by the enemy.
The establishment of concrete mechanisms to ensure that the war is not re-imposed on the Islamic Republic.
Guaranteed and clearly defined payment of war damages and reparations.
The conclusion of the war across all fronts and for all resistance groups involved throughout the region.
Iran’s exercise of sovereignty over the Strait of Hormuz is and will remain Iran’s natural and legal right, and it constitutes a guarantee for the implementation of the other party’s commitments, and must be recognized.
Earlier Wednesday, the Fars News Agency, another state media outlet, citing what it called an informed source, said there have been increased US efforts to enact a ceasefire and start indirect talks with Iran to end the war.
“Iran does not accept a ceasefire,” that source told Fars, according to a translation of the news site’s Telegram page that reported the interview.
“Basically, it is not logical to enter into such a process with those who violate the agreement,” the source said.
The source also told Fars that Iran intends to realize its strategic goals in the war, and that only when that happens will there be a possibility of ending the conflict, the outlet reported.
The conflict began Feb. 28 with strikes by the US and Israel against the Islamic Republic.
Earlier Wednesday, media reported that Iran has received Trump’s 15-point peace plan. Trump said on Tuesday that the US and Iran are currently in negotiations. Iran has denied there are any direct negotiations.
Iran seizes exiled figures’ assets as daily arrests continue
Iranian authorities have targeted diaspora figures accused of supporting Israel and the US during the conflict with asset seizures.
Iranian media outlets say the properties of exiled actor Borzou Arjmand and several of his relatives in Iran have been confiscated following a judicial order.
In a separate case, a court in central Yazd province confirmed the seizure of assets belonging to Ali Sharifi Zarchi, an exiled academic, and a woman identified only by her initials MMA (in Persian), both living abroad.
Ali Sharifi Zarchi reacted on his social media account, saying his “insignificant assets”, which have been seized, are worth less than “even a single strand of the Iranian people’s hair”.
Iran claims sovereignty over the Strait of Hormuz
In a defiant reply to Washington’s reported proposals to end the war, Iran claims sovereignty over the Strait of Hormuz “is its natural and legal right”.
The claim is made in a statement to Iran’s Press TV by an unnamed “senior political-security official” but no country has sole legal authority over the Strait of Hormuz. (Int’l News Desk)
