Here are Iran’s 5 conditions for ending war after rejecting US ceasefire plan

by Ashleigh Fields / THE HILL 

Iran offered a counterproposal Wednesday to end the war in the region after rejecting a ceasefire plan backed by the Trump administration. 

Leaders in Tehran are asking for sovereignty over the Strait of Hormuz and a complete end to “aggression” from the U.S. and Israel, among other demands. 

“Iran will end the war at a time of its own choosing and only if the conditions it has set are fulfilled. It will not allow Trump to determine the timing of the war’s end,” according to a statement by Iran’s Consulate General in Mumbai posted on the social platform X.

Ultimately, the Iranian response included five “conditions for ending the war”: the acts of “aggression” coming to an end, ensuring the war will not recur, a payment of war damages and reparations, the ending of the war across all fronts involving all resistance groups, and Iranian sovereignty over the Strait of Hormuz.

The demands echo comments from an unnamed Iranian official shared on an Iranian state broadcast outlet. The unnamed official said Tehran will continue striking with “heavy blows” in the region, according to The Associated Press. 

Thus far, Iran has struck Kuwait International Airport and other targets in Persian Gulf countries in the midst of President Trump’s Tuesday pause on strikes targeting Iranian energy infrastructure.

On Tuesday, Israel also launched an offensive air assault signaling a push to continue fighting. 

Trump’s initial 15-point ceasefire proposal included rollbacks to Iran’s nuclear program, a conditional reopening of the Strait of Hormuz alongside a limit on missiles and sanctions relief, The Associated Press reported.

Iran said its demands presented Wednesday are separate from the conditions presented during the second round of negotiations in Geneva last month.

Negotiators from the U.S. and Iran met there on Feb. 27, a day before strikes began, to discuss the country’s nuclear program.

Talks were deemed progressive but resulted in no deal. 

Tehran’s leaders have now summoned Vice President Vance to conduct negotiations alleging they feel stabbed in the back by Trump’s U.S. special envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff and Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner, who previously led peace talks. Egypt, Pakistan and Turkey are also expected to help mediate negotiations.

Additionally, the Pentagon is preparing to deploy about 2,000 U.S. troops from the Army’s 82nd Airborne Division to the Middle East.