US Delivers 15-Point Peace Proposal to Iran via Pakistan; Iran Rejects It

Pakistan delivers a US 15-point ceasefire and nuclear disarmament proposal to Iran — requiring full dismantlement of Iran's nuclear program, an end to uranium enrichment, and freedom of navigation in the Strait of Hormuz — which Iran flatly rejects.

With the Strait of Hormuz still partially closed and oil markets in crisis, the United States worked through Pakistan to deliver a sweeping peace framework to Iran on March 24, 2026. Pakistani officials, who had taken on a mediating role between Washington and Tehran, handed over the 15-point proposal to Iranian counterparts. The proposal's terms were sweeping: Iran would be required to completely dismantle its nuclear program, end all uranium enrichment, hand over its enriched uranium stockpile to a third party, accept limits on its ballistic missile capabilities, cease support for Axis of Resistance proxy groups (including Hezbollah and Houthi forces), and guarantee freedom of navigation through the Strait of Hormuz. An anonymous Iranian official told Press TV that "Iran will end the war when it decides to do so and when its own conditions are met," and Tehran formally rejected the proposal. The same week, Trump threatened to strike Iran's civilian power infrastructure if no deal was reached — before temporarily postponing the strikes for five days, saying the US was negotiating with Tehran. Trump said on March 23 that the US had been speaking with "a top person" in Iran. Despite the rejection, Pakistan's mediating role was becoming increasingly central to any eventual resolution.