US President Donald Trump said on Saturday that he was going to review a new Iranian peace proposal but cast doubt over its prospects, as a senior military officer in Tehran indicated renewed fighting was likely.
The dour outlook came after Iran’s Tasnim and Fars news agencies reported that Tehran had submitted a 14-point proposal to mediator Pakistan.
“Details included ending the conflict on all fronts and enacting a new framework for the crucial Strait of Hormuz,” Tasnim said.
“I will soon be reviewing the plan that Iran has just sent to us, but I imagine it will be unacceptable, since 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 on his Truth Social platform.
In a brief interview with reporters in West Palm Beach, Florida, he declined to specify what could trigger new military action against the Islamic republic.
“If they misbehave, if they do something bad, but right now, we’ll see,” he said.
“But it’s a possibility that could happen, certainly,” he added.
The war, launched by the United States and Israel in late February, has been on hold since April 8, with one failed round of peace talks having taken place in Pakistan.
On Saturday, Mohammad Jafar Asadi, a senior figure in the Iranian military’s central command, said “a renewed conflict between Iran and the United States is likely.”
“Evidence has shown that the United States does not commit to any promises or agreements,” he added, according to Fars news agency.
Deputy foreign minister Kazem Gharibabadi told diplomats in Tehran, “it is now up to the United States to choose between diplomacy or continuing a confrontational approach.”
Iran, he said, was “prepared for both paths.”
