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Trump harshly rejects Iran’s response to US proposals

• Donald Trump harshly rejected Iran’s response to US proposals to end the war.
• He once again threatened Tehran, accusing it of targeting its Gulf neighbors.
• Follow the latest information.

Donald Trump harshly rejected Iran’s response to the US proposals to end the war, once again threatening Tehran, accusing it of targeting its Gulf neighbors. “I just read the supposedly ‘representatives’ of Iran’s response. I don’t like it – IT’S TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE!,” the US president wrote in capital letters on his Truth Social network.

More than a month after the start of the truce between the two belligerents, negotiations seem more deadlocked than ever and hopes of a resolution are uncertain, with none of the parties publicly revealing their proposals. After days of waiting, Iran announced on Sunday that it had responded to the American plan, but without detailing its response.

According to the Wall Street Journal (WSJ), Tehran’s proposal includes a gradual reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, which Iran has blocked since the beginning of hostilities on February 28, and a simultaneous lifting of the US naval blockade of Iranian ports. According to the American newspaper, Tehran would also prefer to “dilute” some of its enriched uranium and send the rest to a “third country.” Washington and many countries suspect Tehran of seeking nuclear weapons through uranium enrichment, a claim it denies, defending its right to civilian nuclear power.

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