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The president Donald Trump described this Sunday as "totally unacceptable" Iran's response to the United States' peace proposal, diminishing the likelihood of an agreement and jeopardizing the fragile ceasefire in place since April 8.
Trump announced it in a brief yet forceful message on Truth Social: "I just read the response from the so-called 'representatives' of Iran. I don't like it, COMPLETELY UNACCEPTABLE!"
The statement came hours after Pakistan, the mediator in the negotiations, confirmed that it had received the Iranian document through Field Marshal Asim Munir, who informed Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif.
Sharif announced the reception in a speech before the military and political leadership of the country in Islamabad, without revealing the content of the proposal.
According to the Tasnim agency, linked to the Iranian Revolutionary Guard, Tehran's response demanded the lifting of U.S. economic sanctions, an end to the naval blockade of Iranian ports, and Iranian control of the Strait of Hormuz under certain unspecified "commitments" from Washington.
The proposal also included a ceasefire in Lebanon, described as a "red line" for Tehran, and postponed discussions on the nuclear program to later phases.
That last point directly contradicts Washington's main demand: the complete dismantlement of Iran's nuclear program and a 20-year moratorium on uranium enrichment.
Hours before his formal rejection, Trump had already expressed his discontent in another message on Truth Social in which he accused Iran of "47 years of poking" the United States.
"For 47 years, the Iranians have been 'slapping' us, making us wait, killing our people with their roadside bombs, destroying protests, and recently annihilating 42,000 innocent and unarmed protesters, while laughing at our once again great country," wrote the leader.
On the same day of the rejection, Iran attacked a commercial vessel with a drone in the territorial waters of Qatar, near the port of Mesaieed, causing a limited fire with no casualties. The United Arab Emirates and Kuwait also condemned drone attacks attributed to Iran on that same day.
In a recorded interview from last week aired yesterday on the program "Full Measure," Trump insisted that Iran has been "defeated," but warned that "that doesn't mean they are finished" and threatened to strike more "targets."
Trump's rejection jeopardizes the truce that has been in place since April 8, which Washington hoped to maintain if it received concrete progress in the dismantling of Iran's nuclear program. The conflict began on February 28, 2026, with the Epic Fury Operation, a joint air offensive by the U.S. and Israel that destroyed Iran's main nuclear facilities and eliminated Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei.
As a retaliatory measure, Iran closed the Strait of Hormuz on March 4, causing the price of Brent crude to surge from 67 to over 126 dollars per barrel. The conflict has cost Washington approximately 25 billion dollars by the end of April.
On May 6, the U.S. presented its own peace proposal after rejecting the 14-point plan that Iran had submitted earlier in the month. The day before, Putin reiterated his offer to store Iranian enriched uranium in Russia as a compromise solution.
Ebrahim Rezaei, spokesperson for the Iranian Parliament's National Security Commission, summarized Tehran's stance following Trump's rejection with a straightforward statement: "Iran's moderation has ended."
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