Iran to Trump: "Someone like us will never come to terms with someone like you. Not now, not ever." [View all]

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US offers plan for a ceasefire but Iran’s military says Washington is in no position to negotiate
By AAMER MADHANI, JON GAMBRELL, DAVID RISING and SAMY MAGDY
Updated 1:15 AM CDT, March 25, 2026

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The United States sent a 15-point plan to Iran for a possible ceasefire, an official said, even as it began to move paratroopers to the Mideast to back up a contingent of Marines heading there Wednesday.

Iran’s military scoffed at the diplomatic effort and launched more attacks on Israel and the Gulf region, including an assault that sparked a fire at Kuwait International Airport.

U.S. President Donald Trump has said that American officials are in negotiations with Iran, though hasn’t said who they are in contact with. Iran’s Khatam Al-Anbiya Central Headquarters, which commands both the regular military and the paramilitary Revolutionary Guard, suggested that there are no talks.

“Have your internal conflicts reached the point where you are negotiating with yourselves?” said Lt. Col. Ebrahim Zolfaghari, a spokesman for the headquarters.

“Our first and last word has been the same from day one, and it will stay that way: Someone like us will never come to terms with someone like you,” Zolfaghari said in the video statement aired on state television. “Not now, not ever.”

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