Trump says he is likely to reject Iran peace proposal as Tehran has 'not yet paid a big enough price'

Motorists make their way past an anti-U.S. billboard referring to President Donald Trump and the Strait of Hormuz, installed on a building at the Valiasr Square in Tehran on May 2, 2026. A senior Iranian military officer said on May 2 that renewed fighting between the U.S. and Iran was "likely," hours after President Donald Trump said he was "not satisfied" with a new Iranian negotiating proposal. - | Afp | U.S. President Donald Trump said that he had yet to review the exact wording of a new Iranian peace proposal but ⁠he was unlikely to accept it, because the Iranians had not yet "paid a big enough price." Trump's remarks on social media concluded a day in which he publicly mused about the possibility of restarting airstrikes, the latest mixed signal as he ​seeks to end the war he launched more than two ​months ago. On Sunday, Israel ordered thousands of Lebanese ​to leave villages in southern Lebanon, an escalation of a war between Israel and Iran's Hezbollah allies that has run in parallel to the Iran war and could further complicate wider peace efforts. Iran has said talks with Washington cannot resume unless a ceasefire also holds in Lebanon, which Israel invaded in March to attack Hezbollah after the Iranian-backed Lebanese group fired across the border in support of Tehran. Lebanon ⁠and Israel ‌agreed to a separate truce last month, but fighting has continued, though on a smaller scale. …