Iran Pushes Back on US Cease-Fire Plan, Floats 5-Point Counterproposal

Washington has put forward a 15-point plan that Tehran has rejected, issuing its own terms.

An Israeli self-propelled howitzer artillery gun fires rounds toward southern Lebanon from a position in the upper Galilee in northern Israel near the border on March 20, 2026. Jalaa Marey/AFP via Getty Images

Iran has pushed back against a U.S.-backed cease-fire proposal and issued its own set of five conditions for ending the war, according to an Iranian regime official’s remarks to state media, which comes as the Trump administration pursues diplomatic contacts through intermediaries in an effort to settle the conflict diplomatically.

An anonymous senior Iranian political-security official told Press TV that Tehran would not accept externally dictated terms, saying that, “Iran will end the war when it decides to do so and when its own conditions are met.”