On Wednesday, March 25, the response finally arrived, and it was not positive. After some time of not acknowledging that Washington had offered a peace plan, Iran finally admitted receiving a proposal, quickly specifying that it was declining the offer. According to the BBC from London, “the Iranian state television announced that the country has rejected the US proposal to end the war.” The details of this proposal, never publicized by the White House, were transmitted to Tehran by intermediaries and included the following points, as detailed by The Wall Street Journal.
“Iran is asked to dismantle its three main nuclear sites, stop all enrichment activities on its territory, suspend its ballistic missile programs, reduce support for its allied militias, and fully reopen the Strait of Hormuz.” In return, “Iran would see the nuclear-related sanctions lifted, and the US would provide assistance while monitoring the country’s civil nuclear program.” The plan was deemed “extremely maximalist and unreasonable” by Tehran, indicating a likely continued conflict rather than a short-term resolution, contrary to Donald Trump’s wishes.
According to the BBC, which cited the televised address this afternoon, the leaders of the Islamic Republic proposed five conditions to Washington to end the conflict, including “the complete cessation of ‘aggressions and assassinations’ committed by the enemy, implementing concrete mechanisms to ensure that war is not imposed on the Islamic Republic, guaranteed and clearly defined payment of war damages and reparations, the end of war on all fronts for all resistance groups involved in the region, and international recognition of Iran’s sovereign right to exercise authority over the Strait of Hormuz, accompanied by guarantees.”
The relationship between the Spanish leader and his Israeli counterpart does not seem to be improving. Madrid and the state of Israel have long quarreled over the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and the ongoing war in the Middle East, with the Israeli Defense Forces at the forefront, has not helped. According to the Spanish news site El Diario, on March 25, while addressing the Chamber of Deputies, Pedro Sánchez referred to Netanyahu as a “Prime Minister whose goal is to replicate in Lebanon the same destruction and suffering inflicted on Gaza.” Notably, since the start of hostilities on Lebanese soil on March 2, the Lebanese Ministry of Health has reported 1,094 deaths and 3,119 injuries.
The information was revealed by all major Israeli media outlets on Wednesday, March 25, and quickly spread throughout the international press. “The Israeli army announced that it had authorized a mobilization of up to 400,000 reservists, depending on operational needs,” wrote Ha’Aretz. “The army emphasized that this did not constitute an immediate mobilization of 400,000 soldiers, but rather established a framework defining the maximum number of reservists that could be mobilized,” later clarified the Tel Aviv media, noting that after October 7, the IDF had mobilized 300,000 reservists.
