
Iran has laid out a sweeping set of demands to end its ongoing conflict with the United States and Israel, flatly rejecting a proposed 15-point ceasefire plan from Donald Trump and signalling it will only accept a settlement on its own terms. The move has sharpened an already fraught standoff, with Tehran accusing Washington of trying to dictate the terms of peace while reserving for itself the right to decide when, and how, the war ends.