‘Unacceptable’: What’s Iran’s peace proposal that Trump has rejected?

United States President Donald Trump has rejected Iran’s response to his latest peace proposal to end the war, which has upended the global economy. Responding to the counterproposal Iran sent to the US via mediator Pakistan, Trump accused Iran of “playing games” in a post on his Truth Social platform on Sunday evening. Recommended Stories list of 3 items end of list Iran “has been playing games with the United States, and the rest of the World, for 47 years”, he wrote. “They will be laughing no longer!” Two hours later, Trump said on the platform: “I have just read the response from Iran’s so-called ‘Representatives’. I don’t like it – TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE!” But more than a month since a temporary ceasefire began on April 8, talks between the US and Iran have faltered. Tehran wants a permanent end to the war, while Trump has insisted that Iran must first reopen the Strait of Hormuz, through which one-fifth of global oil and natural gas exports are shipped during peacetime. Trump has also made the issue of Iran’s nuclear capability a “red line”. Iran’s de facto blockade of the strait came in response to the US and Israel launching attacks on the country on February 28. A naval blockade of Iranian ports by the Trump administration, despite the ceasefire deal, has heightened tensions. The US and Iran have also been continuing to attack, capture and intercept ships, while countries in the Gulf region have also come under attack again. …