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Published 09:51 11 May 2026 GMT
President Donald Trump has rejected Iran’s latest response to his proposed peace deal, calling the country’s counteroffer “totally unacceptable” as tensions over the ongoing US-Israeli conflict with Tehran continue to rise.
The war shows little sign of ending despite a fragile ceasefire holding for the past month. Negotiations remain stalled while the Strait of Hormuz stays closed to shipping traffic, raising fears for the global economy as a significant share of the world’s oil supply remains trapped in the Persian Gulf.
Per The New York Post, Iranian officials were reportedly handed a 14-point peace proposal through Pakistani intermediaries last week. The one-page plan demanded that Tehran abandon nuclear enrichment for the next 20 years and surrender its enriched uranium stockpile to its enemies.
In response, Iran sent a counterproposal back to the White House through Pakistani mediators. The offer reportedly included reopening the country’s oil supplies for 30 days, agreeing to a shorter moratorium on uranium enrichment, and refusing to dismantle existing nuclear facilities.
Trump quickly dismissed the proposal after reviewing it, writing on Truth social: “I have just read the response from Iran’s so-called ‘representatives’. I don’t like it – totally unacceptable.”
The president also appeared increasingly frustrated by the lengthy negotiations and the lack of progress toward reopening the Strait of Hormuz.
Earlier on Sunday, Trump said in a separate Truth Social post that Tehran “has been playing games with the United States, and the rest of the World, for 47 years,” before adding that officials in the country “will be laughing no longer”.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has also signaled that the conflict is far from finished, warning publicly that the war is “not over” despite the current ceasefire.
Sporadic drone attacks have reportedly continued during the month-long pause in fighting, while both sides remain locked in tense negotiations over Iran’s nuclear capabilities.
Any agreement that allows Iran to continue enriching uranium would likely face resistance from Trump, who repeatedly criticized the Obama-era nuclear agreement during his first presidency.
Speaking to CBS’ 60 Minutes, Trump said: “It’s not over, because there’s still nuclear material – enriched uranium – that has to be taken out of Iran. There’s still enrichment sites that have to be dismantled.”
US intelligence is reportedly still monitoring Iran’s uranium stockpiles following the destruction of a major enrichment facility in Isfahan during a military exchange in June 2025.
Although the strike reportedly devastated the site, intelligence assessments suggest that parts of Iran’s enriched uranium stockpile may still be buried beneath the ruins.
Discussing the Isfahan facility this week, Trump said on Full Measure: “We’ll get that at some point … We have it surveilled. I did a thing called Space Force, and they are watching that … If anybody got near the place, we will know about it – and we’ll blow them up.”
Without a breakthrough in negotiations, the conflict continues to threaten global energy markets as oil shipments through the Persian Gulf remain heavily disrupted.
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