Iran ridicules - then rejects - US peace plan

Global News Podcast

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🗓️ 25 March 2026

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

Iran's state broadcaster says that Tehran has responded "negatively" to a US peace plan. A senior, unnamed official said Iran would end the war when it decided to do so - and when "its own conditions are met". The details of the 15-point plan were never made public, but it's reported to have demanded major concessions from Tehran. Also, after declaring an energy emergency, the Philippines said it was seeking new sources of oil from sanctioned countries, including Russia. The CEO of investment firm Blackrock said that if the war led to long-term high oil prices, there would be a global recession. We also hear from some of the survivors of the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, the impact of a smartphone ban in Dutch schools, and how an Australian dog that was used to rescue koalas is getting a well-earned retirement.

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0:00.0	BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, podcasts.
0:05.6	This is the Global News podcast from the BBC World Service.
0:11.8	I'm Alex Ritson, and at 16 hours GMT on Wednesday the 25th of March, these are our main stories.
0:19.6	Iranian state media is reporting that Tehran has rejected U.S. proposals aimed at ending the war.
0:26.0	It says the Americans are only negotiating with themselves.
0:30.0	The oil crisis caused by the war continues.
0:32.9	The Philippines has declared a national energy emergency and says it's ready to buy oil from sanctioned countries such as Russia.
0:43.4	Also in this podcast, survivors of the late paedophile Jeffrey Epstein speak out.
0:49.7	A couple of times where I would triple check that my garage was locked because I was afraid I'd go
0:54.9	out and like my car would explode the next morning, just weird random fears.
0:58.9	And the UN considers whether the transatlantic slave trade was a crime against humanity.
1:09.3	Iranian state media is reporting that the government in Tehran has rejected a 15-point peace plan
1:16.1	proposed by the United States to end the war.
1:18.9	Over the last two days, President Trump has, publicly at least, seemed upbeat about the prospects of a conclusion to the fighting,
1:27.1	an attitude that's sometimes been
1:29.2	ridiculed by Iranian officials. In what was perhaps an indication that they were going to
1:34.9	reject the plan earlier on Wednesday, an Iranian military spokesperson mocked US attempts
1:41.0	at a ceasefire deal. Speaking on Iranian state television, Lieutenant
1:45.9	Colonel Ibrahim Zolfiari, the spokesperson for Iran's main military command, insisted that the
1:53.4	Americans were only negotiating with themselves.
2:18.7	The strategic power you used to talk about has turned into a strategic failure. The one claiming to be a global superpower would have already gotten out of this mess if it could. Don't dress up your defeat as an agreement. Your era of empty promises has come to an end.
2:20.5	We state this clearly.
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