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Here Are Iran's Laughable Demands for Ceasefire Talks

Amy Curtis
Amy Curtis  |  March 25, 2026 7:30 AM

As President Trump pushes for Iran to come to the negotiation table. Iran has released a list of negotiations that is sure to be rejected by the Trump administration.

Here's more from the Wall Street Journal:

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.

Those demands are ridiculous and unrealistic.

We don't doubt it's true. Before Operation Epic Fury, Iran came to the table saying they weren't going to give up their nukes.

They are not in a position to demand anything.

It's absolutely pathetic.

Exactly this. You cannot negotiate with terrorists.

We doubt Iran would get any of this in negotiations. We've obliterated their leadership, decimated their military, and are fomenting regime change. They're in no position to demand anything of the United States.