Trump Rejects Iran's Latest Peace Proposal

(MENAFN) U.S. President Donald Trump is unlikely to accept Iran's latest peace overture — a proposal that would reopen the Strait of Hormuz and lift the U.S. naval blockade on Iranian ports while deferring nuclear negotiations to a later stage, multiple White House officials told U.S. media Monday.

The proposal, delivered to Washington over the past several days, was dissected by Trump and his senior national security team during an afternoon session in the White House Situation Room, according to reports.

Media cited one meeting attendee as saying the president was not inclined to move forward with the offer. A separate U.S. official told The New York Times that accepting such terms risked undermining Trump's standing, given that the president has repeatedly and publicly declared that Iran must never be permitted to possess nuclear weapons.

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, speaking to a news agency on Monday, offered a cautious acknowledgment of the submission, saying Iran's new proposal "is better than what we thought they were going to submit," but stressed any deal must bar Tehran from developing a nuclear weapon.

Trump hardened his position further last week, asserting that any resolution to the U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran would be reached strictly on American terms and according to his own timeline. The president claimed there is "no time frame" for ending the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran and "no time pressure" on either the extended ceasefire or stalled talks.

Iran's bid to compartmentalize its nuclear program from broader diplomatic concessions appears, for now, to be a nonstarter in Washington.

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