According to Iranian state-affiliated media, the US has responded to Iran's most recent peace initiative.
According to the Tasnim news agency, a spokesman for Iran's foreign ministry stated that the response, which was sent through Pakistan, was now being examined.
The United States has not yet confirmed that it has responded to Tehran. President Donald Trump stated on Saturday that he would "soon be evaluating the plan that Iran has just delivered to us, but can not conceive that it would be acceptable."
According to Iranian official media, Tehran's 14-point plan called for Washington to stop its naval blockade of Iranian ports, remove its troops from areas close to Iran's borders, and terminate all conflicts, including Israel's offensive in Lebanon.
Additionally, it demanded that the two nations come to an agreement within 30 days.
The suggestion, according to Iranian state media, called on the two warring parties to concentrate on "ending the conflict" rather than prolonging the existing ceasefire.
In a post on Truth Social late on Saturday, Trump made reference to the plan, saying, "They have not yet paid a huge enough price for what they have done to Humanity, and the World, over the last 47 years."
On the same day, he told reporters in Palm Beach, Florida, that he had not yet thoroughly reviewed the plan.
"They told me about the concept of the agreement," he stated. "They are going to give me the actual language now."
Trump said that there was "a chance" of resuming military strikes against targets inside Iran when questioned by the BBC.if they act inappropriately. "If they do anything wrong," he stated. "But we will see right now."
Declaring that "we are not leaving" and that "we are going to do it, so nobody has to go back in two years or five years," Trump seems unwilling to completely withdraw from the battle.
Tehran's most recent proposal, according to Iranian state-affiliated outlets, was a reaction to a nine-point US plan that called for a two-month ceasefire.
Even though Iran continued to represent a "serious" threat to the US and its military forces stationed in the area, Trump claimed in a letter to members of the US Congress on Friday that the combat had been "terminated" since a ceasefire went into effect on April 8.
He asserted that the continuous blockade of Iranian ports did not signify the conflict's continuation.
"It is a really friendly blockade," he remarked. "Nobody is even challenging it."
Additionally, Trump claimed that since the truce had suspended the date for parliamentary approval of the war, he was exempt from this requirement.
A US president is required by law to obtain congressional approval within 60 days after informing lawmakers of military action; else, hostilities must end.
Friday marked the 60th day since Trump officially informed Congress on March 2 of US operations against Iran. Two days prior, on February 28, the US and Israel initiated their strikes.
Trump also reiterated his vow that "Iran can never acquire a nuclear weapon" several times during a series of public speeches on the same day.
Iran is the only non-nuclear-armed nation with enriched uranium at nearly weapons-grade levels, but it has always denied that it is pursuing a bomb and claims its program is purely for peaceful purposes.
Trump's most recent comments coincide with the public outcry of US politicians, many of whom are members of his Republican party, about what they see as an expensive, complicated war with unclear goals.
Josh Hawley, a Republican senator from Missouri, said that the war would require congressional consent and urged the Trump administration to start redeploying forces away from the battle.
"I do not really want to do that," Hawley remarked. "I want to wind it down."
Lisa Murkowski, a Republican senator from Alaska and a well-known Trump critic, questioned the operation's success and any future negotiations.Events on the ground and the rhetoric coming out of Tehran convey a different narrative, she added, despite the administration's claims of continuous conversations.However, we most likely leave their vital capabilities intact if the US withdraws suddenly and prematurely.And I am not willing to take such chances. Murkowski continued, "But the solution is not a blank check for another never-ending conflict.
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