Iran rejects U.S. ceasefire, demands Strait of Hormuz sovereignty

Iran has no intention of meeting with the United States, but America’s proposal to end the war is being reviewed by senior officials in Tehran, the Islamic Republic’s foreign minister told state media on Wednesday, according to a new report.

According to Reuters, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi also said that the exchange of messages between the two countries through mediators “does not mean negotiations with the United States.”

Earlier on Wednesday, state media in Iran said the country would reject a US ceasefire offer and was drawing up its own list of conditions to end the war.

state broadcaster press tvCiting a senior political security official who knows the details of the offer, the news reported that Iran’s five-item counter-offer would give Tehran control of the Strait of Hormuz.

This may be a non-starter for the United States.

President Donald Trump on Monday raised the possibility that the Strait of Hormuz, the world’s most important oil shipping route, could be jointly controlled by “me and the Ayatollah.”

Speaking to the state news outlet, the official said Iran also wanted compensation for the war.

Here is the full list of Iran’s conditions, according to Press TV:

• A complete end to the enemy’s “attacks and assassinations”.
• Establishing concrete mechanisms to ensure that war is not re-imposed on the Islamic Republic.
• Guaranteed and clearly defined payment of war damages and reparations.
• The end of the war on all fronts and for all resistance groups in the region.
• Iran’s exercise of sovereignty over the Strait of Hormuz is and will remain Iran’s natural and legal right, a guarantee of the fulfillment of the other side’s commitments, and must be recognized.

In the early hours of Wednesday, Fars News AgencyAnother Iranian state media outlet said US efforts to declare a ceasefire and initiate indirect talks with Iran to end the war were increasing.

“Iran does not accept the ceasefire,” a so-called source told Fars, according to the news site’s translation. telegram page reported the interview.

“It doesn’t make sense to enter into such a process with those who fundamentally violate the agreement,” the source said.

The source also told Fars that Iran intends to achieve its strategic goals in the war and only when this happens will there be a possibility of ending the conflict.

The conflict began on February 28 with US and Israeli attacks on the Islamic Republic.

Meanwhile, the Associated Press reported that Iran received Trump’s 15-point peace plan.

The United States and Iran are currently in negotiations, Trump said Tuesday.

Iran, on the other hand, denied the claim that there were direct negotiations between the two countries.