Iran Confirms Receiving ‘Unreasonable’ U.S. Peace Plan as Mediators Aim For Imminent Meeting

A new report has revealed that Iran confirmed it received a U.S. proposal to try to stop the fast-moving conflict, but a senior Iranian diplomatic source expressed concern with the plan as mediators from other countries in the region aim for a meeting between the two countries this weekend.

The development came after conflicting public signals from Washington and Tehran. President Donald Trump said negotiations were underway and suggested a deal could be possible, while Iranian officials publicly rejected the idea that meaningful talks were already in progress. Reuters reported that a 15-point U.S. proposal had been delivered to Iran through Pakistan, and that Tehran was still reviewing it despite a sharply negative initial response.

According to Reuters, the U.S. framework includes sweeping demands: the removal of Iran’s enriched uranium stockpile, a halt to uranium enrichment, limits on ballistic missile activity, and an end to support for regional allied groups. In exchange, Washington is said to be offering significant sanctions relief and the prospect of broader diplomatic offramps. But from Tehran’s point of view, those terms appear to go well beyond a ceasefire and instead amount to a far-reaching restructuring of Iran’s military and nuclear posture.

That is where the talks risk running into a wall. Al Jazeera, citing a high-ranking Iranian diplomatic source who confirmed receipt of the U.S. plan, reported that Tehran felt the plan was “extremely maximalist and unreasonable.” The same source suggested that the proposal, at least in its current form, was not something Tehran could accept as the basis for immediate progress.

Even so, diplomacy is reportedly still on the table. Reuters reported that possible talks in Pakistan or Turkey were still under discussion, a sign that both sides may want to keep a channel open even while publicly hardening their positions. That matters because the fighting has already spilled across the region, rattled oil markets, and raised fears of a much broader war involving the United States, Israel, and Gulf states.

The uncertainty has also produced mixed messaging from Tehran. Ebrahim Zolfaqari, spokesperson for the unified command of Iran’s armed ⁠forces, Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters, said, “Has the level of your inner ⁠struggle reached the stage ⁠of you negotiating with yourself?”

Iranian parliament speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf said he hoped the U.S. would not sacrifice its troops for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu‘s “delusions,” and that Tehran is “closely monitoring all U.S. movements, especially troop deployments.”