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Donald Trump rejects Iran’s peace proposal as totally unacceptable, condemns regime violence and nuclear ambitions, warns ceasefire with US is on ‘massive life support’.
US President Donald Trump speaks during a Maternal Healthcare Event in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on Monday. (Image: AFP)
Day after calling Iran’s position on US proposal on ending the ongoing conflict in the Gulf region as “totally unacceptable”, President Donald Trump on Monday said the regime’s violence against its citizens was “just unacceptable”.
The US proposal, according to Reuters, sought an end to active fighting before broader negotiations could begin on contentious issues, including Iran’s nuclear programme.
Iran’s response, however, reportedly focused on demands that included compensation for war damages, recognition of Iranian sovereignty over the Strait of Hormuz, lifting of sanctions and guarantees against future attacks.
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On Monday, Trump defended his reason to reject the latest peace proposal from Iran, saying the regime’s “unacceptable” violence against its own citizens and its pursuit of nuclear capabilities.
“It was just unacceptable,” he said while calling it a “piece of garbage”.
CNN quoted him saying that he has “the best plan ever” to end the war with Iran, again blasting an Iranian counterproposal as “simply unacceptable”.
“I have a plan– you know, it’s a very simple plan, I don’t know why you don’t say it like it is, Iran cannot have a nuclear weapon,” he said.
“So, we’re not going to let them– that’s the plan. You know, people say, what’s the plan? The plan is very simple. The blockade first of all, was a part of military genius,” he said.
“Iran has been defeated militarily; totally. They have a little left they probably built up during this period of time,” he said.
“They’re going to fold,” Trump told Fox News when asked about hardliners in the regime and whether there needs to be more change to leadership. “I will deal with them until they make a deal.”
He also accused Iran of reneging on an agreement to allow the US to remove its supply of enriched uranium.
“They did two days ago,” he said from the Oval Office. “But they changed their mind, because they didn’t put it in the paper.”
CNN quoted Trump saying that the monthlong ceasefire between the US and Iran is on “massive life support”.
Previously, Iranian state television said Tehran viewed the latest US proposal as amounting to surrender and instead insisted on what it called “war reparations by the US, full Iranian sovereignty over the Strait of Hormuz, an end to sanctions, and the release of seized Iranian assets.”
Reuters reported that Iran’s proposal also called for the United States to end its naval blockade and lift restrictions on Iranian oil sales.
The semi-official Tasnim news agency said Tehran further demanded guarantees that no additional attacks would take place.
Before rejecting Iran’s response outright, Trump had also accused Tehran of using delaying tactics.
Later, he said in a post on Truth Social: “I have just read the response from Iran’s so-called ‘Representatives.’ I don’t like it — TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE!”
Earlier in the day, the President told CBS News that he might resume Project Freedom while pointing out that the US Navy guiding ships through the Strait of Hormuz would “only be a piece of it”.
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