President Donald Trump is facing growing isolation as Israel continues military operations despite U.S. calls for de-escalation, while Iran has rejected Washington’s proposed 15-point peace plan.
Axios reported that the rejection, delivered through intermediaries, threatens to derail planned talks and raises the risk of further escalation.
Iran has told the United States through intermediaries that it rejects the Trump administration’s 15-point proposal for negotiations. Iran’s English-language Press TV reported the rejection on Wednesday.
The Iranian position also appeared in other Iranian and pro-Iran media outlets in the region. A senior Iranian official told Press TV the U.S. terms were “excessive” and the war would only end “on Tehran’s own terms and timeline.”
The same official said Tehran saw the latest proposal by the Trump administration to hold negotiations “as a ploy.”
Press TV reported that Iran has outlined five conditions for a ceasefire and an end to the war:
- A complete halt to attacks and assassinations by the United States and Israel
- The establishment of mechanisms to ensure the war does not resume
- Compensation for damages caused during the conflict
- An end to U.S. and Israeli attacks on Hezbollah in Lebanon and pro-Iranian militias in Iraq
- International recognition and guarantees of Iran’s authority over the Strait of Hormuz
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This rejection could take the U.S. push for in-person peace talks this week off the table. Axios reported that Iran had told mediators it suspected Trump’s push for peace talks was a ruse, given that the U.S. is sending thousands of troops to the region.
Trump’s Plan Is a Rehash of Last Year’s Document
President Donald Trump claimed “very good and productive” conversations had led to progress over the previous two days. He said he was postponing strikes for five days to give time to see if “15 points of agreement” could be reached.
Iran denied there had been any backchannel talks save indirect discussions about reviving talks.
According to a report in The Guardian by Patrick Wintour, the 15-point framework plan that Trump has said is under discussion is based on a proposal put forward by his negotiating team during nuclear talks in late May 2025. Those talks collapsed due to Israeli airstrikes on Iran’s nuclear programme.
The original 15-point plan was a term sheet presented unilaterally by the U.S. side. It included restrictions on how Iran could use money released by sanctions.
It promised to end only nuclear-related sanctions, not all sanctions. It required all uranium stockpiles to be shipped out of Iran immediately and down-blended to 3.67 percent.
All enrichment facilities would be made unusable within a month and centrifuges rendered inoperable. The U.S. would help fund a new Iranian civil nuclear programme with a fuel farm outside Iran under UN inspection.
A regional enrichment consortium would be set up with the U.S., UAE, Qatar and Saudi Arabia.
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Some points in the plan may now be out of date. Iran’s nuclear programme, especially its key uranium enrichment sites, has been hit by U.S. bombing since then. There have been three further rounds of talks in 2026.
G7 Nations Reject U.S. Approach to the War
The splits between the U.S. and the rest of the G7 nations on the war will be discussed at a meeting of G7 foreign ministers in Paris on Thursday and Friday. The meeting will be attended by U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio.
France, Germany, Italy, the UK, Canada and Japan have all said they do not support what they regard as an unlawful and unnecessary war. The six countries say they act to defend Gulf allies, protect national interests in the region and promote freedom of navigation in the Strait of Hormuz, but that any intervention can only occur after a ceasefire.
Pakistan’s prime minister, Shehbaz Sharif, confirmed Pakistan’s offer to host talks. Hopes were expressed that JD Vance would attend.
