
Iran says US has responded to its latest peace proposal
Iran says US has responded to its latest peace proposal 14 minutes ago Share Save Add as preferred on Google Jaroslav Lukiv and Bernd Debusmann Jr , White House reporter, Florida Getty Images President Donald Trump said...
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Key developments are emerging from the global stage. Iran says US has responded to its latest peace proposal 14 minutes ago Share Save Add as preferred on Google Jaroslav Lukiv and Bernd Debusmann Jr , White House reporter, Florida Getty Images President Donald Trump said on Saturday that renewing military strikes against targets inside Iran was "a possibility" Iran has received a US response to its latest peace proposal, Iranian state-linked media have said. Iran's foreign ministry spokesperson said the response - which was delivered via Pakistan - was now being reviewed, according to Tasnim news agency. The US is yet to confirm it has replied to Tehran.
On Saturday, President Donald Trump he would "soon be reviewing the plan that Iran has just sent to us, but can't imagine that it would be acceptable". Iranian state media said Tehran's 14-point plan asked Washington to withdraw its forces from near Iran's borders, end its naval blockade of Iranian ports, and for all hostilities - including Israel's offensive in Lebanon - to cease. It also called for an agreement between the two countries to be reached within 30 days.
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Iranian state media added that the proposal urged the two warring sides to focus on "ending the war" rather than extending a current ceasefire. Referring to the proposal, Trump wrote in a post on Truth Social late on Saturday: "They have not yet paid a big enough price for what they have done to Humanity, and the World, over the last 47 years. " Speaking to reporters on the same day in Palm Beach, Florida, he said he had yet to look over the plan in detail.
"They told me about the concept of the deal," he said. "They're going to give me the exact wording now. " Asked by the about the possibility of renewing military strikes against targets inside Iran, Trump said that it was "a possibility".
If they do something bad," he said. "But right now we'll see. " Trump appeared disinclined to withdraw from the conflict entirely, saying that "we're not leaving" and that "we're going to do it, so nobody has to go back in two years or five years.
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" The Iranian state-linked agencies said Tehran's latest proposal was in response to a nine-point US plan, which envisaged a two-month ceasefire. Iran has responded to US and Israeli strikes by heavily restricting shipping in the Strait of Hormuz - a global oil route On Friday, Trump addressed a letter to members of the US Congress, saying the conflict had been "terminated" since a ceasefire took effect on 8 April - even though Iran still posed a "significant" threat to the US and its military forces deployed in the region. The ongoing blockade of Iranian ports, he claimed, did not represent the continuation of the conflict.
"It's a very friendly blockade," he said. "Nobody is even challenging it. " Trump also argued he did not need to meet a deadline for legislative approval of the war as the truce had paused the clock on any such obligation.
The development has drawn wide international attention, with diplomatic circles watching closely.




