IRAN has given Donald Trump a four-week deadline to end the Strait of Hormuz blockade – as the US president warns of fresh strikes if the regime “misbehaves”.
The latest 14-point plan from Tehran would also put nuclear negotiations on hold – much like previous peace offers proposed by the mullahs.
Donald Trump has reportedly seen a new peace proposal from Iran Credit: AP
The Strait of Hormuz has been blockaded for weeks Credit: Reuters
It comes as the Strait of Hormuz saga continues to strain global energy markets – sending oil reserves towards a “tipping point”, analysts say.
The new proposal includes terms such as: both sides lifting blockades in the key waterway, an end to the war in Lebanon, the release of frozen Iranian assets, and US compensation as well as the lifting of sanctions.
Tehran has given Trump a one-month deadline to respond to the latest plan, Axios reported.
Negotiations on Iran’s nuclear ambitions would then be negotiated at a later date, the plans outline.
The US president has appeared to reject the plan in another Truth Social post.
He fumed: “I will soon be reviewing the plan that Iran has just sent to us, but can’t imagine that it would be acceptable in that they have not yet paid a big enough price for what they have done to Humanity, and the World, over the last 47 years.”
Trump said he was also waiting to hear the exact wording of Iran’s new proposal.
He is also keeping the option of launching fresh strikes or a ground invasion in Iran on the table.
Addressing the potential resumption of attacks on Iranian soil, he said: “I don’t want to say that. I mean, I can’t tell that to a reporter.
“If they misbehave, if they do something bad, right now we’ll see. But it’s a possibility that could happen.”
On Sunday, Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said the US faced a choice between an “impossible” military operation or a “bad deal” with the Islamic republic.
The regime said: “Trump must choose between an impossible operation or a bad deal with the Islamic Republic of Iran.”
It cited what it described as a “shift in tone” from China, Russia, and Europe towards Washington as well as what it called an Iranian “deadline” over the US naval blockade.
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