China and Pakistan present new Iran deal: Ceasefire for opening Hormuz

https://www.axios.com/2026/03/31/china-pakistan-iran-peace-deal-strait-ceasefire

31 Comments

  1. SidewaysFancyPrance on

    Trump must be thrilled that some adults are finally willing to wade into this shitshow to clean it up for him. But how will his ego handle being told to leave, and not on his own terms?

  2. Everyone comes up with new “potential Iran deals” during market hours. Hilarious. Let’s see what nonsense will be announced tomorrow.

  3. Glittering-Quote-635 on

    Lets see how Iran reacts.. I suspect Iran wants this to go on a bit longer to prove a point. Trump can still somewhat walk away and declare it a win, Iran needs it to be a solid L.

  4. Sam_Fisher91 on

    So Pakistan went and spoke to China and decided a ceasefire plan without including Iran or USA or Israel.

    Is that what it takes these days to be news to influence markets?

    “Pakistan’s foreign minister told Axios the plan came together during his visit to Beijing on Tuesday. Asked whether he supports the new initiative, President Trump declined to comment on the specifics but told Axios the diplomacy with Iran was going well.”

  5. no_technique on

    This would honestly be pretty embarrassing for the U.S. if China ends up leading these negotiations. That’s a huge shift from where we used to be on the world stage.

    At the very least, it should be a wake-up call. If other countries are stepping in and being seen as more effective at de-escalating conflicts that directly impact us, that says a lot about how far we’ve slipped.

  6. Sea-Witness-2746 on

    Doesn’t Pakistan have a mutual defense pact with Saudi Arabia?

    Before the war Pakistan kept saying if the Saudis were attacked Pakistan would destroy the attackers.

    The plan also excludes Israel’s security which is one of the reasons for the war.

  7. KindnessComesBack2U on

    What a timeline. China is helping negotiate a deal between Iran and the US and helping trump extricate himself from a disaster of his own making. Demanding other countries help him despite getting no coalition, and giving no warning of his abominable decision. Jeezus effing christ, trump is such a buffoon. Such a moron. Such an embarrassment. I know what you’re all going to say…yes, I’m being too kind.

  8. The U.S needs a off-ramp…. Fucking take it Trump.

    You just know he won’t though.

  9. Me and my friend Ted were shooting the sht yesterday and our new peace deal between Russia and Ukraine is really gonna get traction.

  10. If they took this deal then Iran would be wayyy better off than before and could make nukes/icbm with guaranteed security. Lol

  11. This sounds like a “we want things to go back the way they were” type negotiation talk. I don’t even think a bunch of money from China is going to change Tehran’s mind.

  12. abittooambitious on

    It’d probably needs to come with weapons guarantees so they don’t easily get attacked again.

  13. I think we all know the end result. We will have done all this damage, spent billions etc and wind up with something even less beneficial for the US than the original deal Obama worked out with Iran.

  14. China and Pakistan are the countries that are actually negotiating with Iran. The pedo and his terrorist regime want to take the credit.

  15. I reckon China already got what they wanted. The end of the US security system and international solar customers. Any more damage is detrimental to them.

    They would probably be quite pleased for it to stop here.

  16. ReggieCorneus on

    Can’t happen. Trump needs a victory to get out of it. Exactly like Putin, the one leader he admires the most.

  17. If that deal is real the US should take it immediately, that is the best deal they are going to get.

    I’m surprised there is no sanctions relief demanded, I would have thought that the bare minimum to them to agree to relinquish their biggest leverage.