US President Donald Trump said on 10 May that Tehran’s response to the latest US peace offer was “totally unacceptable”, without specifying its terms or possible next steps.
“I just read the response of the so-called” Iranian “representatives. I don’t like it – totally unacceptable!” – he wrote on the Truth Social network.
The posting came shortly after Iran’s semi-official Tasnim news agency outlined what it said were the terms of Tehran’s response, saying the demands included lifting long-standing sanctions against Iran, ending the US naval blockade and guarantees against further attacks.
Tasnim, close to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (quir), said Tehran’s proposal called for an end to fighting “on all fronts,” including Lebanon, as well as in Iran.
Following Trump’s rejection, Iranian state media reported that Iran’s demands also included the need for the US to pay compensation for war damage and formally recognise Tehran’s control over the Strait of Hormuz.
State media also said that accepting the US offer would mean “capitulation” for Iran.
Earlier in the day, Trump angrily criticised his predecessors for their policies towards Iran, saying that the Middle Eastern country has pushed us around for 47 years, kept us waiting, killed our people with its roadside bombs, destroyed protests, and recently killed 42,000 innocent, unarmed protesters and is laughing at our now great country again.
Many reports said the US plan was outlined in a one-page memorandum calling for a cessation of hostilities and unblocking of the Strait of Hormuz, but left other key issues, including Iran’s right to enrich uranium, for later.
The May 6 edition of Axios wrote that the White House believes the US and Iran are close to concluding a short memorandum of understanding that would document an end to the war in the Middle East and set the parameters for subsequent talks on Iran’s nuclear programme.
Trump dismisses Iran’s response to peace deal as ‘totally unacceptable’