Iran Reportedly Makes Absurd Ceasefire Demands, Calls for Reparations and Closure of U.S. Bases
WSJ: “A U.S. official called the demands ridiculous and unrealistic.”
Iran is making absurd demands in the ongoing backchannel talks, calling for the U.S. to pay war reparations and close its military bases in the Middle East, The Wall Street Journal and other media outlets say.
According to Reuters, Iranian negotiators are demanding “significant concessions from the United States.” They want the U.S. to lift all the sanctions and allow Tehran to assert full control over the Strait of Hormuz, the world’s busiest oil shipping lane.
“In any talks with the U.S., Iran would not only demand an end to the war but concessions that are likely red lines for U.S. President Donald Trump – guarantees against future military action, compensation for wartime losses and formal control of the Strait of Hormuz,” the news agency reported.
The unreasonable stance taken by the Iranian regime — or what remains of it after 25 days of war — shows that it is not serious about negotiating a ceasefire. The U.S. officials promptly dismissed these outlandish demands as “ridiculous and unrealistic,” the business daily reported.
This is not the first time the regime has made such tall demands. In 2021, Tehran asked for $1 trillion in reparations in exchange for a nuclear deal with the Biden administration.
The WSJ reports:
Iranian representatives have let the Trump administration know they have a high bar for re-entering negotiations for a cease-fire deal. The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps has consolidated power within the shattered Iranian regime and is making demands such as the closure of all American bases in the Gulf and reparations for attacks on Iran, said people familiar with the matter.
Other demands include:
A new order for the Strait of Hormuz that would allow Iran to collect fees from ships that transit the waterway, as Egypt does now with the Suez Canal.
Guarantees that the war wouldn’t restart and an end to Israel’s strikes on the Iran-aligned Lebanese militia Hezbollah.
Lifting all sanctions on Iran.
Permitting Iran to keep its missile program with no negotiations to limit it.
A U.S. official called the demands ridiculous and unrealistic. The posturing will make reaching a deal with Tehran harder than before Trump started the war, Arab and U.S. officials said. They said the first messages of the new diplomatic round came from Middle Eastern intermediaries late last week, and the U.S. and Iran aren’t in direct contact.
Update: Iran rejects Trump’s 15-point plan
The Iranian demands come to light after The New York Times reported Tuesday that “the United States has sent Iran a 15-point plan for ending the war in the region.” The dismantling of Iran’s nuclear program and ending its support from terrorist proxies are among the key demands of the Trump plan.
Shortly after Pakistan’s officials acknowledge handing over the Trump plan to Iran on Wednesday after, the regime rejected it. “Iran on Wednesday dismissed an American plan to pause the war in the Middle East, issuing its own counterproposal instead,” The Associated Press reported.
The Iranian counterplan, as anticipated, called for reparations and made other demands — without offering anything in return.
“Iran issued it’s own plan via state TV, which includes a halt to killings of its officials, means to make sure no other war is waged against it, reparations for the war, the end of hostilities and Iran’s “exercise of sovereignty over the Strait of Hormuz”,” the news agency added.
Israel's Channel 12 (@yaronavraham) published the Trump Administration's 15-point plan (I counted 14) sent to Iran to end the war:
1. All existing nuclear capabilities will be dismantled.
2. A commitment that Iran will never strive to obtain nuclear weapons.
3. No material will…— Ariel Oseran أريئل أوسيران (@ariel_oseran) March 24, 2026
Amid the ongoing war, it is unclear who speaks for the regime at the negotiations — likely taking place in Turkey or Pakistan. With the new ‘Supreme Leader,’ Mojtaba Khamenei, missing in action, many media outlets believe that Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, Iran’s parliament speaker, is the new strongman in Tehran. On Monday, Ghalibaf denied holding any ceasefire talks.
“These guys have been liars now for almost five decades”
WATCH: @gen_jackkeane responds to President Trump saying ‘we're in negotiations’ with Iran pic.twitter.com/RVvX4JEgsf
— The Story (@TheStoryFNC) March 24, 2026
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“We need you to surrender” basically.
Ummm, no. Why would we do that? “Hey, Sam, drop another several tons of ordnance on them.”
Yeah, this @sshat is unserious. Just kill him and move on to the next one until somebody finally wakes TF up.
Designate the entire country a an aerial ground attack training area impact zone for ongoing exercises by US forces. We’re not at war with Iran, we’re just training in the most realistic exercises ever conducted by the armed forces of the United States.
Iran is basically the Black Knight calling it a victory after losing his arms and legs.
The U.S. officials promptly dismissed these outlandish demands as “ridiculous and unrealistic,”
Delusional and childish, but that’s where 1400 years of inbreeding will take your IQ.
They’re used to the media being on their side. “And just like that, they discovered that the War Department was no longer being run by men in dresses.”
Art of The Deal. Start the negotiation with the most outrageous demands you can think of, basically a wish list of nonsense, that the other party will never agree to knowing this in advance then move backwards towards your real goal.
This feels like a Carthaginian peace is in the works.
I propose airdropping rifle, ammunition, and radios in place of salting the ground.
After Rome finished off Carthage, the religion of Carthage was exterminated. The “salted the ground” claims are hyperbole — the farmland was too valuable for that! — but the Romans REALLY hated Ba’alism and its infant sacrifices.
So I’m cool with a Carthaginian peace.
This clown is reading BLM literature from 2020.
“He’s answering a question from half an hour ago!”
Lets remove a few more layers of management.
Management Reduction Will Continue Until Freedom Improves.
They think they are winning by causing regional pain and high gas prices.
The biggest risk to this war is that we lose willpower. I wasn’t a fan of starting it. I think we underestimated Iran and should have waited until we have 3 carriers and troops ready to take secure Straight of Hormuz.
But thats armchair quarterbacking. Also history.
Now that its started we *must* finish it, even if that means boots on the ground. We cant leave these crazy IRGC mullahs in power.
I am very concerned we are losing will power. I hope we are taking the time to get forces in place so we can smash them. There is simply no way we can leave Iran in control of the Straight of Hormuz.
American voters lose willpower? You bet they will when gas goes up another couple of dollars.
They are incapable of seeing the bigger picture. Only when Iran targets a European country they can find on the map will they get alarmed about Iran.
About that…
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Well it’s a good thing the Drill Baby, Drill momentum kicked in. I honestly believe we are well poised to ride this out.
Too bad no other countries have a functional navy.
It is in the interests of the Democrats that America does not win this war, or it drags on for another 60 days so that it comes back to Congress to approve the continuation of it so that they can undermine the war effort for their benefit.
The problem here really isnt the mooolahs. The real problem here is Democrats.
Not much difference between mullahs and democrats. They both want to control the people they claim to represent. Nor do they care how much anyone suffers to achieve their goal.
I am with you in the concern that America will lose its willpower. “Home by Christmas!” has always been the position of the Vox Populi.
I do disagree somewhat with you on the decision to start the war. My thoughts:
1. All of Iran’s proxy armies are very weak right now. Hezbollah, Hamas, the Houthi’s, and whoever it was in Syria are all in disarray. Iraq is comparatively quiet as well.
2. The Russians are too busy and extended in Ukraine to provide much material support, and with Syria and Jordan closed can’t truck it in anyhow.
3. China is in the middle of a power struggle between Xi and the Military. It’s not a good time to go on foreign adventures, and with America “in control” of shipping the Chinese can’t provide material support either.
4. Israel is already in “Total War” stance. They will not be able to sustain this posture for more than, say, one more year.
5. The rest of the Middle East (who are mostly Sunni) are aligned against Iran. The Iranians have turned on the Saudis and Qatari’s. Egypt is silent; Turkey is silent; Jordan is silent. No one cares what Syria, Lebanon, or Iraq say.
6. Iran was weakened by last year’s bombing of their nuclear facilities. More importantly however, the attack revealed the weakness of their air defenses.
Noting all these points I believe that Iran is as weak as it will ever be. Further the Iranians remain determined, apparently to continue their nuclear ambitions.
Finally:
The options are:
A. do nothing. Would Iran cease meddling and being a threat? I don’t think so.
B. Do nothing now, but plan to do “something” later. Will Iran ever be as weak again? We can’t be sure of that.
C. Negotiate a settlement as we have in the past. This WILL happen of course. However having destroyed the upper echelon of leaders, we operate from a much stronger position than before the decapitation. I believe that the real stumbling block is who and how many will be allowed to flee and how much money can they take with them? Can the U.S./Israel get them access to the Swiss et al bank accounts of the dead?
Finally who will be willing to home them? Who will be the Argentina of the middleceast?
Saudi Arabia took in Idi Amin, but I doubt any Arab countries want to take in the Iranian ayatollahs.
This sounds suspiciously like “It’s just a flesh wound!”
I applaud the progress that the Israeli and American armed forces are making but it’s quite clear there’s still much killing that needs to be done.
War is like that.
Who knew that Baghdad Bob was a philosophy?
“This war’s gonna end one day”
Lt. Kilgore
Kilroy was here!Kilgore’s STILL here!
Give Trump time to finish the job. The yelping from many corners needs to stop.
Perhaps a no-bark shock collar for them?? 🙂
At least for the communist freaks at CNN MSDNC CBS NBC ABC and savior of the poor ignorant rural communities – PBS.
Part of Trump’s problem is his tendency to trash talk and talk big. When you start saying things like “We’ve already won” and “It will be over in a couple of weeks” it reinforces the current American tendency to think of instant results.
Trump has done much better this time, but he’s still playing the verbal game – and too many Americans don’t grasp it anymore. (These are the same people who leave the football game in the third quarter because there’s just no way their team can come back; then sit screaming at the radio in their car as their team comes back.)
Thats not a problem. Thats a feature and the one thing the Iranian regime SHOULD have learnt by now is that Trump not only carries a big stick (like all previous Presidents) but isnt afraid to use it PROPERLY (unlike previous Presidents).
I like this Trump. He lets you know where you stand very clearly.
We can’t effectively kill more leadership because they have to find a leader, that leader has to say something stupid before we can kill him.
If we kill the guy who is going to BECOME leader before he is the leader and he would have been that guy to surrender… well that’s not going to speed it up at all.
Can we get AI to have the cardboard cut out guy to surrender and then declare to the rest of Iran that it was a surrendedr??? I mean it worked for the Soviets in East Berlin after WWII.
By “say something stupid” you mean… “Hi, I’m the new leader of Iran…”?
Why would they alter a negotiating strategy that has been successful for decades?
Simple. Because they’re no longer negotiating with spineless morons.
The only “negotiation” we should do with them is to grind them into the dirt and then stomp them for good measure. No deals are acceptable. If Trump thinks he can make a deal with them, he is delusional and if he goes through with it, he will earn the seething hate of the Iranian people.
Shades of the 1968 Tet offensive in the Vietnam war. Gen. Giap stated in his book, that they were ready to sue for peace, until Walter Cronkite, news maggot, stated the US was losing the war. They decided to wait and the rest is history.
Tet decimated the Viet Cong leaving the North fully in control. It was probably a desired outcome of the offensive.
Globalist idiot.
Dave Thomas made a better Walter Cronkite than the original could ever be.
I have an idea. Iran needs a leader…Hillary still wants to be president…she’s already used to losing to Trump…match made in heaven?
I like where you are headed but I think Kamala is better at failing at this point in time. There would be a revolution in record time.
Only the passage of time will tell us, with the passage of time, what the best alternative could be, over the passage of time.
You got no room to make any demands
I seem to remember ‘unconditional surrender.’
What happened to that?
IRGC: Accede to our demands, or we will threaten you like you’ve never been threatened before!
just as in the states
those who should be paying reparations are the criminals who are looting murdering pillaging our cities TODAY
not 100 years ago but today
“A new order for the Strait of Hormuz that would allow Iran to collect fees from ships that transit the waterway, as Egypt does now with the Suez Canal.”
I had no idea that Iran maintains the facilities that allow the function of the Strait of Hormuz. Well, you learn something every day, right?
Yep and Egypt also owns both sides of and built the Suez canal (with support from France like we did with Panama).
Considering it’s a natural waterway that Iran only owns the shores on one side of and the UN has never had a map where Tehran claimed the entire thing and it’s even more silly.
Send the ceasefire proposal back, soaked in pig urine. Send them a message.
It’s probably electronic.
So, send an AI pic of a Giant Hamster with golden hair….
This IS how Iran ‘negotiates’.
They’ve done it for decades.
They demand concession after concession for a ‘deal’, because for decades all the idiots in charge wanted was ‘a deal’ without any actual care WHAT the deal was.
Palestine does the same thing.
It’s not a shock they’re trying it again, because its worked for so many times in the past.
There is no Palestine. There has never been one. They are invading conquering arabs. Don’t use their language. That language is what gives the left something to hang their hat on. Deny them that.
As I’ve said before time to start killing rank and file guard. Those are the true believers and the ones in control. Also kill their posturing parliament. Wait for them to be in session and then decimate it. Also don’t forget the clerics in Qom. Reduce their number.
It’s more than time to up their body count. Yes killing weapons and weapon infrastructure is good but ultimately it is the fanatics who have been calling the shots and causing problems all these years. Kill as many as you can until the general populace can take things over,.
the dems have offered up this solution:
give the iranians ( another ) american city to run and they promise to stop the violence
So much for giving them ‘five days before we let them have it again’. Three days was enough for them to send this ridiculous response. Here go the power plants!
“Iran”
Who actually speaks for Iran at the moment?
Trump is speaking with, apparently, the speaker of their parliament (Ghalibaf) – but does he speak for Iran?
The mainstream press is getting a lot of statements from Iran’s foreign minister, who is not in Iran at all, and reporting his statements as if they were the official position of “Iran”, but does he speak for whoever’s actually in charge there?
The current Supreme Leader is, by most accounts, in a coma in some hospital after having had a leg amputated due to injuries sustained on the first day of attacks. So, the statements released over his name, reported as “Iran demands” or some such in the press, aren’t actually coming from him (as far as we know).
This comatose supreme leader was, again according to the majority of reports, chosen by the head of the IRGC to be the puppet nominally in charge of the regime while he himself was the de facto ruler. He’s now been bombed and sent straight to hell, so he’s no longer the de facto leader.
So, currently, statements made by the following are all being reported as “Iran says”, as if they were speaking for the government that doesn’t actually exists:
– Ghalibaf (the parliament speaker that Trump is dealing with)
– The current head of the IRGC, who is acting like a military dictator and actually controlling most of the attacks. note that Iran deliberately decentralized its military command for fear of US invasion and regional commanders each have operational control.
– Iran’s foreign minister, who is very talkative but was appointed by people who are now all dead. And communication with Iran is difficult at best, so is he really speaking for anyone in power or is he just issuing statements on his own?
– Whoever is writing the statements that are being released above the comatose supreme leader’s signature, a la Biden’s Autopen
The above list is by no means exclusive and changes almost daily.
Bonus: Ghalibaf is like Libya’s Khadaffi (Gaddafi) – the spelling of his name varies depending on which media outlet is reporting on him. Qalibaf is a frequent alternative, and there are others.
Keep up the bombing until the Iranian government is absolutely gone from the face of the earth. This is the only way the Persian people can be free.
Iran’s behavior over the last week reminds me of the scene in Monty Python’s “In Search of the Holy Grail” where the Black Knight keeps challenging the king to keep fighting even though the knight no longer has arms or legs.