Iran has received a US response to its latest peace proposal, Iranian state-linked media have said.
Iran’s foreign ministry spokesperson said the response, delivered via Pakistan, was now being reviewed, according to Tasnim news agency.
The US is yet to formally confirm it has replied to Tehran. However, President Donald Trump reportedly told Israel’s Kan News on Sunday that the proposal was unacceptable to him.
Iranian state media said Tehran’s 14-point plan asked Washington to withdraw its forces from near Iran’s borders, end its naval blockade of Iranian ports, and for all hostilities to cease — including Israel’s offensive in Lebanon.
It also called for an agreement between the two countries to be reached within 30 days.
Iranian state media added the proposal urged the two warring sides to focus on “ending the war” rather than extending a current ceasefire.
Referring to the proposal, Trump wrote in a post on Truth Social late on Saturday: “They have not yet paid a big enough price for what they have done to Humanity, and the World, over the last 47 years.”
Speaking to reporters the same day in Palm Beach, Florida, he said he had yet to look over the plan in detail, according to Reuters.
“They told me about the concept of the deal,” he said. “They’re going to give me the exact wording now.”
Asked by the BBC about whether military strikes against targets inside Iran could be renewed, Trump said it was “a possibility”.
“If they misbehave. If they do something bad,” he said. “But right now we’ll see.”
The US president appeared disinclined to withdraw from the conflict entirely, saying “we’re not leaving” and “we’re going to do it, so nobody has to go back in two years or five years”.
The Iranian state-linked agencies said Tehran’s latest proposal was in response to a nine-point US plan, which envisaged a two-month ceasefire.
By law, a US president must receive the approval of Congress within 60 days of notifying lawmakers of military action, or else cease hostilities.
Friday was the 60th day since Trump formally notified Congress of strikes against Iran on 2 March, two days after the US and Israel launched their attacks.
During a series of public remarks on Friday, Trump also repeated his refrain that “Iran can never have a nuclear weapon”.
