US and Iran receive peace proposal as Donald Trump vows ‘hell’ if Strait stays shut
Stephen Coates And Andrew Cawthorne
Updated ,first published
Washington/Cairo: Iran on Monday (Washington local time) rejected the latest proposal for a 45-day ceasefire and said instead it wanted a permanent end to the war, with US President Donald Trump’s ultimatum set to appear within hours.
Iran’s state-run IRNA news agency said Tehran had conveyed its response through Pakistan, a key mediator.
“We will not just accept a ceasefire,” said Mojtaba Ferdousi Pour, head of Iran’s diplomatic mission in Cairo. Associated Press.
“We accept the end of the war only with the guarantee that we will not be attacked again.”
Trump wants Tehran to open the Strait of Hormuz or attack its power plants and bridges.
Ferdousi Pour said Iranian and Omani officials are working on a mechanism to manage the shipping congestion.
The rejection came as Israel attacked a key petrochemical facility in its major natural gas field in South Pars, killing two paramilitary Revolutionary Guard commanders.
Israel said the gas field attack was aimed at eliminating an important source of Iran’s income. The field is critical for electricity generation, but the attack appears separate from Trump’s threat to target power plants and bridges if Tehran does not reopen the Strait of Hormuz to all shipping traffic by Monday night (Washington time).
Iran’s dominance in the strait caused oil prices to rise and shook the world economy.
axios According to the news, based on US, Israeli and regional sources, it was first reported that the US, Iran and regional mediators were discussing a potential 45-day ceasefire as part of a two-phase agreement that could lead to a permanent end to the war.
The White House and the U.S. State Department did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
Warning: This article contains strong language
In a profane post on the Truth Social platform early Sunday (Washington time), Trump threatened further attacks on Iran’s energy and transportation infrastructure if it failed to reopen the Strait by Tuesday.
“Tuesday will be Power Plant Day and Bridge Day in Iran, all in one,” he said. “It’s not going to happen! Open the damn Throat, you crazy bastards, or you’re going to live in Hell – JUST WATCH! Praise be to God. President DONALD J. TRUMP.”
But he also said this, with mixed messages that stunned supporters, foes and financial markets: Fox News He said Iran was negotiating a possible deal on Monday (Washington time).
New airstrikes were reported across the region on Monday, more than five weeks after the United States and Israel began striking Iran in a war that has killed thousands of people and damaged economies by driving up oil prices.
Tehran responded to the attacks by blocking the Hormuz waterway, which actually supplies about a fifth of the world’s oil and natural gas supply, and by attacking Israel, US military bases and energy infrastructure around the Gulf.
Iran condemns ‘reckless’ USA, attacked the Gulf
Tehran was rocked on Monday by explosions, with Iranian state media reporting that the intelligence chief of Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard had been targeted and killed, and that at least 13 people were killed in an attack on a residential building in the south of the city.
Before the news of the draft peace plan, Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammed-Bagher Qalibaf condemned Trump’s threats, saying that he was misled by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
“Your careless actions are driving the USA into a living HELL for every family, and our entire region will burn because you insist on following Netanyahu’s orders,” he wrote on X on Sunday.
Iran has expanded its attacks on Gulf energy infrastructure, launching drone and missile attacks on petrochemical facilities in Kuwait, Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates.
The Revolutionary Guard also said they hit an Israeli-linked ship in Dubai’s Jebel Ali port on Sunday (Tehran time). In Kuwait, drones started fires and caused “serious material damage” at petrochemical facilities operated by subsidiaries of state oil company Kuwait Petroleum Corp, the company said.
The attacks have exposed vulnerabilities in energy and maritime hubs, underscoring Iran’s ability to sustain cross-border attacks and disrupt infrastructure in multiple Gulf states.
Iran also rained rockets on Israel; missile remnants hit Haifa, Tel Aviv and other areas. Israeli rescue teams recovered two bodies from the rubble of a residential building in Haifa and two others were missing, the country’s media said.
commando operation
Meanwhile, Trump described the rescue of an American airman whose F-15E jet was shot down over Iran on Friday as one of the “most daring” missions in US history.
Trump said the weapons systems officer at X was injured but “will be okay.” The pilot of the jet had been rescued earlier.
U.S. commandos infiltrated deep into Iran undetected under cover of darkness, scaled a 2,100-foot hill and whisked the trapped American weapons expert to safety before dawn on Sunday (Washington time).
The war, which started on February 28 with US and Israeli air strikes on Iran, killed thousands of people, especially in Iran and Lebanon. Israeli air strikes killed 11 more people in Lebanon on Sunday, according to Lebanon’s health ministry.
Reuters, AP
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