{"id":140563,"date":"2026-05-11T04:03:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-11T04:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/trump-calls-iran-response-to-us-proposal-to-end-war-totally-unacceptable\/"},"modified":"2026-05-11T04:03:00","modified_gmt":"2026-05-11T04:03:00","slug":"trump-calls-iran-response-to-us-proposal-to-end-war-totally-unacceptable","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/trump-calls-iran-response-to-us-proposal-to-end-war-totally-unacceptable\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump calls Iran response to US proposal to end war \u2018totally unacceptable\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>President Donald Trump has dismissed Iran\u2019s response to US proposals to end the war as \u201ctotally unacceptable\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Iran\u2019s semi-official Tasnim news agency said Tehran\u2019s proposal, sent via Pakistan, which has served as a mediator, included an immediate end to the war on all fronts, a halt to a US naval blockade and guarantees of no further attacks on Iran.<\/p>\n<p>A ceasefire meant to facilitate talks to end the war launched by the US and Israel in February has been largely observed, despite occasional exchanges of fire.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this week, Trump repeated that the war in Iran will be \u201cover quickly\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>But Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that Iran\u2019s stockpile of enriched uranium must be \u201ctaken out\u201d before the war against Iran can be considered over.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s still enrichment sites that have to be dismantled,\u201d Netanyahu said in an interview on CBS\u2019s 60 Minutes show.<\/p>\n<p>On Sunday, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian did not directly reference Tehran\u2019s proposal but said: \u201cWe will never bow our heads before the enemy, and if talk of dialogue or negotiation arises, it does not mean surrender or retreat.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Trump posted on Truth Social: \u201cI have just read the response from Iran\u2019s so-called \u2018Representatives.\u2019 I don\u2019t like it \u2013 TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>US news outlet <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2026\/05\/06\/iran-us-deal-one-page-memo\">Axios reported<\/a> that the one-page, 14-point US memorandum includes provisions such as a suspension on Iranian nuclear enrichment, the lifting of sanctions, and restoring free transit through the Strait of Hormuz.<\/p>\n<p>It cited two US officials and two other sources \u2013 all unnamed \u2013 whom it described as briefed on the issues. These sources were reported as saying that many of the terms laid out in the memo would be contingent on a final agreement being reached.<\/p>\n<p>Iran has continued to block the Strait of Hormuz \u2013 leading to a rise in world oil prices.<\/p>\n<p>The US, for its part, has been enforcing a blockade of Iranian ports to exert pressure on Tehran to agree to its terms \u2013 a move that has infuriated Iran.<\/p>\n<p>Israeli and US forces began massive air strikes on Iran on 28 February. A ceasefire in the Iran war came into effect last month.<\/p>\n<p>In his CBS interview, Netanyahu said \u201cI want to draw down to zero\u201d the US financial support for Israel\u2019s military. \u201cWe receive $3.8 billion a year. And I think that it\u2019s time that we weaned ourselves from the remaining military support.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He added, \u201cLet\u2019s start now and do it over the next decade\u201d.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Donald Trump has dismissed Iran\u2019s response to US proposals to end the war as \u201ctotally unacceptable\u201d. Iran\u2019s semi-official Tasnim news agency said Tehran\u2019s proposal, sent via Pakistan, which has served as a mediator, included an immediate end to the war on all fronts, a halt to a US naval blockade and guarantees of no [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-140563","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140563","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=140563"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140563\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=140563"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=140563"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=140563"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}