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A ceasefire aimed at facilitating peace talks between Washington and Tehran took effect in April. This attack was largely observed despite reports of exchanges of fire and attacks in the strategic Strait of Hormuz, which is currently under a double blockade by the United States and Iran. This means only a very small number of ships pass through the waterway.
A week ago, the United States had submitted a peace proposal that, as my colleague Julian Borger noted here, reportedly included a one-page, 14-point memorandum of understanding that would create a framework for further negotiations on Iran’s highly controversial nuclear program while reopening the strait.
Iran submitted a counteroffer sent to the United States on Sunday, which Donald Trump flatly rejected, calling it “completely unacceptable.” Tehran’s offer reportedly included demands that the United States lift its sanctions, end its naval blockade, and called for an immediate end to the war with guarantees against any new attacks on the country. It also called for Israel to end its war against Lebanon.
Trump says Iran ceasefire is on ‘major life support’
We are resuming our live coverage of the US-Israeli war against Iran after Donald Trump rejected Tehran’s peace proposal as “completely unacceptable” and said the ceasefire was on “life support”.
Referring to the ceasefire that has been in effect since April 7, Trump said: “I would call it the weakest ceasefire right now, after reading that crap they sent us; I haven’t even finished reading it.
“I would say the ceasefire was on massive life support where the doctor walked in and said: ‘Sir, your loved one has about a 1% chance of survival.'”
Shortly after Trump’s comments, Iranian parliament speaker Mohammed Ghalibaf, who served as chief negotiator in the talks, wrote in X that his country’s armed forces were “ready to give the response it deserves to any attack.”
Trump is reportedly considering resuming major military offensives due to his frustration with the stalled negotiations and the continued closure of the Strait of Hormuz (to countries “hostile” to Iran).
There are resources he told CNN It is stated that the US president is becoming increasingly impatient with the division within the Iranian leadership, and this makes it difficult for Washington to force Tehran to make concessions in nuclear negotiations. Trump is unlikely to make that decision before leaving for a diplomatic visit to China this week to meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping, sources said.
