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President Donald Trump calls Iran's response to US proposal 'totally unacceptable' after Iran responded to latest ceasefire proposal.
Covered by: Anders Hagstrom<\/a> and <\/span>Emma Bussey<\/a>
Iran<\/a> submitted a response to the latest U.S. proposal to end the war, outlining its demands but leaving gaps between the two sides.
President Donald Trump<\/a> dismissed Iran\u2019s multipage proposal, signaling potential and continued deadlock in negotiations to end the war.
President Masoud Pezeshkian<\/a> signaled any talks with the United States do not mean Iran will surrender.
Iran\u2019s deputy foreign minister warned against efforts by the United Kingdom and France<\/a> to deploy naval assets to the Strait of Hormuz, vowing an “immediate response” to any Western intervention.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that the war is ongoing and pointed to Iran\u2019s<\/a> nuclear material as the central unresolved threat.
Coverage for this event has ended.<\/p>\n

President Donald Trump<\/a> on Sunday sharply dismissed Iran\u2019s multipage proposal, signaling potential and continued deadlock in negotiations to end the war.
\u201cI have just read the response from Iran\u2019s so-called \u201cRepresentatives.\u201d I don\u2019t like it \u2014 TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE!\u201d Trump said in a post shared on Truth Social.
According to reports, Iran\u2019s<\/a> response \u2014 delivered through Pakistani mediators \u2014 failed to address Washington\u2019s core demand for advance commitments on the future of its nuclear program and uranium reserves.
Secretary of War Pete Hegseth<\/a> criticized Sen. Mark Kelly’s comments Sunday that the state of the U.S. munitions stockpile during the war with Iran was “shocking,” and that it could take years to replenish.
\u201cCaptain\u201d Mark Kelly strikes again,\u201d Hegseth said in a post shared on X<\/a>.
\u201cNow he\u2019s blabbing on TV (falsely & dumbly) about a CLASSIFIED Pentagon briefing<\/a> he received,\u201d he said.
\u201cDid he violate his oath\u2026again? @DeptofWar legal counsel will review,\u201d Hegseth added.
Kelly<\/a> had spoken on “Face the Nation” with Margaret Brennan Sunday.
“I think it’s fair to say it’s shocking how deep we have gone into these magazines, because this president got our country into this without a strategic goal, without a plan, without a timeline,” Kelly said.
\u201cBecause of that, we’ve expended a lot of munitions, and that means the American people are less safe.”
“Whether it’s a conflict in the Western Pacific with China or somewhere else in the world, the munitions are depleted,” he said.
Oil prices jumped more than $3 a barrel after the United States and Iran failed to agree on a peace proposal Sunday and as restrictions in the Strait of Hormuz continued to keep energy supplies tight.
Brent crude futures rose $3.21, or 3.17%, to $104.50 a barrel by 2203 GMT. U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude gained $3.06, or 3.21%, to $98.48 a barrel, Reuters<\/a> reported.
U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright also said on Sunday that he could not predict the trajectory of gasoline or oil prices, speaking on NBC\u2019s \u201cMeet the Press<\/a>.\u201d
Markets had reacted to the stalled negotiations with traders pricing in tighter supply amid escalating U.S.-Iran<\/a> tensions, according to reports.<\/p>\n

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu<\/a> said Sunday that toppling Iran\u2019s regime is possible \u2014 though not guaranteed \u2014 and could reshape the Middle East.
\u201cIf this regime is indeed weakened or possibly toppled, I think it\u2019s the end of Hezbollah,\u201d Netanyahu said in an interview with CBS\u2019 \u201c60 Minutes.\u201d
\u201cIt\u2019s the end of Hamas<\/a>, probably the end of the Houthis, because the whole scaffolding of the terrorist proxy network that Iran built collapses.\u201d
Turning to the likelihood of regime collapse, Netanyahu cautioned that the outcome remains uncertain.
\u201cI think you can\u2019t predict when that will happen. Is it possible? Yes. Is it guaranteed? No,\u201d he said.
The prime minister also said he would be surprised by how many Arab states are interested in strengthening ties with Israel since the outbreak of the war.
\u201cI now see the possibility of the expansion and deepening of the agreements we do have into alliances with Arab states of the kind that we never even dreamed of,\u201d he added<\/p>\n

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu<\/a> said Sunday that the war is ongoing pointing to Iran\u2019s nuclear material and infrastructure as the central unresolved threat in an interview on CBS \u201c60 Minutes.\u201d
\u201cBecause there’s still nuclear material, enriched uranium that has to be taken out of Iran, there is still enrichment sites that have to be dismantled,\u201d he said.
\u201cThere are still proxies that Iran<\/a> supports. There are ballistic missiles that they still want to produce.\u201d
Netanyahu also said the U.S. and Israel have \u201cdegraded a lot of it, but all of that is still there, and there’s work to be done.\u201d
When asked how Iran\u2019s enriched uranium could be removed from the country, the Israeli leader said President Donald Trump<\/a> told him, \u201cI want to go in there.\u201d
\u201cI think it can be done physically. That’s not the problem,\u201d he said.
\u201cIf you have an agreement, and you go in and you take it out, why not? That’s the best way,” he said.\u00a0
Marines continued to train amid the ongoing U.S. naval blocade enforcement operation against Iran<\/a>, Central Command (CENTCOM) said Sunday.
\u201cU.S. Marines rappel from an MH-60S Sea Hawk while training on the flight deck of USS Tripoli (LHA 7), May 8,\u201d the command said in a post shared on X.
\u201cThis training ensures Marines remain ready, should they be called to board non-compliant ships during the U.S. blockade against Iran,\u201d CENTCOM<\/a> said.
Iran\u2019s state broadcaster and other state media said Sunday that Tehran accepting the new proposal from Washington would amount to surrender, according to reports.
Reuters<\/a> reported that Press TV indicated Tehran had rejected the new U.S. plan, arguing that accepting it would signal submission to President Donald Trump\u2019s<\/a> \u201cexcessive demands.\u201d
The outlet also cited the Tasnim News Agency, which reported that a source said that if Trump was not satisfied with Iran\u2019s response, \u201cthat is naturally better.\u201d
The comments came after Trump described Iran\u2019s response to the latest U.S. ceasefire proposal as \u201ctotally unacceptable.\u201d The president did not provide further details on the matter.
Sen. Lindsey Graham said Sunday it was time for Washington to pivot on Iran, as President Donald Trump appeared to reject its new proposal delivered via Pakistani mediators.
\u201cI appreciate President Trump\u2019s<\/a> earnest efforts to seek a diplomatic solution to change the behavior of the Iranian terrorist regime\u201d Graham said in a post shared on X<\/a>.
\u201cHowever, between their constant attacks on international shipping, the persistent attacks on our Middle Eastern allies and now a totally unacceptable response to America\u2019s diplomatic proposal, it is in my view, time to consider changing course,\u201d he said
Graham added that Project Freedom Plus \u201csounds pretty good right about now.\u201d<\/p>\n

Iran<\/a> submitted a multipage response Sunday to the latest U.S. proposal to end the war, outlining its demands but leaving gaps between the two sides, according to reports.
The Wall Street Journal<\/a> reported that Iran\u2019s response, delivered through Pakistani mediators, left unresolved Washington\u2019s demand for advance commitments on the future of Tehran\u2019s nuclear program and its stockpile of highly enriched uranium.
The outlet cited sources saying the proposal noted nuclear issues would be negotiated over the next 30 days.
Iran also proposed diluting part of its highly enriched uranium stockpile and transferring the remainder to a third country, the Wall Street Journal said.
According to Reuters<\/a>, Iran\u2019s new proposal also stressed the need to end the war on all fronts.
Citing the Tasnim News Agency and a source, the outlet said Iran\u2019s proposal also included a request for guarantees against any renewed attacks.
Iran\u2019s proposed text also underlines the necessity of ending the U.S. blockade of Iranian ports \u201cfollowing the signing of an initial understanding,\u201d the outlet reported.
Iran\u2019s proposed text for negotiations with the U.S. underlines the necessity of lifting U.S. sanctions.
Iran\u2019s proposal also called for rescinding the U.S. Treasury\u2019s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctions related to Iranian oil sales during a 30-day period, the outlet said.<\/p>\n

Iran\u2019s deputy foreign minister warned Sunday against efforts by the United Kingdom and France<\/a> to deploy naval assets to the Strait of Hormuz, vowing an “immediate response” to any Western intervention in the waterway.
“The presence of French and British vessels, or those of any other country, for any possible cooperation with illegal U.S. actions in the Strait of Hormuz that violate international law will be met with a decisive and immediate response from the armed forces,” Kazem Gharibabadi said in a post on X<\/a>.
Gharibabadi also said the deployment of “extra-regional destroyers” under the guise of protecting shipping is merely a “pretext” for escalating the ongoing crisis.
French President Emmanuel Macron attempted to de-escalate the tension Sunday.
“That has never been an option for France,” Macron told reporters during a visit to Kenya. He noted that France instead had proposed an international mission co-led by the U.K. to ensure the resumption of traffic “in coordination with Iran, as soon as conditions permit.”
The French aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle and its strike group transited the Suez Canal toward the Red Sea<\/a> on May 6 to remain “at the ready.”
The U.K. Ministry of Defence also confirmed it was sending HMS Dragon to the Middle East and said the vessel is being “pre-positioned” to support an international coalition\u2019s effort<\/a> to secure the strait when conditions allow.<\/p>\n

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian<\/a> said Sunday that any talks do not mean Iran will surrender, appearing to reference negotiations that were underway with the United States.
\u201cWe will never bow our heads before the enemy, and if talk of dialogue or negotiation<\/a> arises, it does not mean surrender or retreat,\u201d Pezeshkian said in a post shared on X<\/a>.
\u201cRather, the goal is to uphold the rights of the Iranian nation and to defend national interests with resolute strength,\u201d he said.
His remarks came as Tehran sent a response to the latest U.S. peace proposal to mediators in Pakistan, Iranian state media reported.<\/p>\n

President Donald Trump<\/a> said Sunday that Iran has been playing with the United States for decades while warning Tehran that their laughing at America would end.
\u201cIran has been playing games with the United States and the rest of the World, for 47 years (DELAY, DELAY, DELAY!) and then finally hit \u201cpay dirt\u201d when Barack Hussein Obama<\/a> became President,\u201d Trump said in a post shared on Truth Social.
\u201cHe was not only good to them, he was great, actually going to their side, jettisoning Israel, and all other Allies and giving Iran a major and very powerful new lease on life, \u201c Trump added.
\u201cHundreds of Billions of Dollars, and 1.7 Billion Dollars in green cash, flown into Tehran<\/a>, was handed to them on a silver platter,\u201d he said before adding that every bank in D.C., Virginia, and Maryland was \u201cemptied out\u201d
\u201cIt was so much money that when it arrived, the Iranian Thugs had no idea what to do with it. They had never seen money like this, and never will again. It was taken off the plane in suitcases and satchels, and the Iranians couldn\u2019t believe their luck\u201d he said.
\u201cThey finally found the greatest SUCKER of them all, in the form of a weak and stupid American President. He was a disaster as our \u201cLeader,\u201d but not as bad as Sleepy Joe Biden!\u201d Trump added.
\u201cFor 47 years the Iranians have been \u201ctapping\u201d us along, keeping us waiting, killing our people with their roadside bombs, destroying protests, and recently wiping out 42,000 innocent, unarmed protestors, and laughing at our now GREAT AGAIN Country. They will be laughing no longer!\u201d he warned
Israeli Defense Forces<\/a> say they carried out more than 20 strikes on alleged Hezbollah targets in Lebanon on Sunday.
“Throughout the day, the IDF struck in several areas in southern Lebanon, more than 20 terror infrastructure, including weapon storage facilities, headquarters, and military used structures from which Hezbollah terrorists operated,” the IDF said in a statement.
The Israeli Air Force also intercepted “a number” of rockets fired from Lebanon, the IDF said.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu praised President Donald Trump for executing the war in Iran on Sunday, but said the job isn’t finished.
Netanyahu made the statement in an interveiw with CBS News, telling “60 Minutes” that Iran’s enriched uranium must be removed.
\u201cI think it accomplished a great deal, but it\u2019s not over,\u201d Netanyahu said of the war so far.
Michael Eisenberg, a top advisor to Israeli Prime Minister\u00a0Benjamin Netanyahu,<\/a> says Israel and the newly-created Board of Peace will “take action” against Hamas if it does not comply with the peace terms it agreed to.
Eisenberg made the comments during an interview with Fox News’ Trey Yingst on Sunday. He said Hamas is currently out of compliance with a wider peace agreement and is refusing to give up its weapons to “demilitarize” Gaza.
“I think all the options are on the table since Hamas is noncompliant with the 20-point plan, and they haven’t delivered their weapons like they were supposed to. And so we’ll have to wait and see. But like I said, this is incredibly well thought out. Give President Trump a tremendous amount of credit and his team of people credit. They’ve literally thought through every stage of this from beginning to end,” Eisenberg said.
“And by the way, and as President Trump said, there’s an easy way and a hard way. Everyone prefers the easy way, which is Hamas. With the help of the mediators delivers the weapons, but if they don’t, there’s a hard way too.,” he added.
U.S. Central Command says U.S. forces have redirected at least 61 commercial vessels as part of the ongoing blockade on Iranian ports as of Sunday.
“USS John Finn (DDG 113) sails behind USS Milius (DDG 69), USNS Carl Brashear (T-AKE-7), and USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77) in the Arabian Sea,” CENTCOM wrote.
“Over 20 U.S. warships are enforcing the blockade against Iran. CENTCOM forces have redirected 61 commercial vessels and disabled 4 to ensure compliance,” it added.
U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Mike Waltz<\/a> urged the U.N. security council to adopt a resolution condemning Iran’s closure of the Strait of Hormuz on Sunday.
Waltz made the comments during an appearance on Fox News Sunday, saying the world cannot tolerate Iran’s belligerence.
“This is what we’re pushing here at the United Nations, we cannot and the world should not tolerate an Iranian regime that is trying to choke off the entire world’s economy, hold everyone hostage because of a dispute over its nuclear program,” Waltz said.
“It cannot start just throwing sea mines indiscriminately out into the ocean, attacking shipping. Heck, they’ve even now started talking about it on Iranian state TV of taking the undersea cables that move financial data, cloud information, and all kinds of important economic information in and out of the gulf, we cannot tolerate a world where two countries have a dispute and one country decides to just take over international waters and hold everyone else hostage and you’re seeing the world line up against it. We have over 70 co-sponsors of this latest UN resolution focused on sea mines, the tolling and the other illegal and unacceptable actions by Iran,” he added.
Kuwait’s army<\/a> offered new details on a drone attack launched against the country on Sunday.
“The official spokesperson for the Ministry of Defense, Brigadier General Saud Abdulaziz Al-Otaibi, stated that the armed forces detected, at dawn today, a number of hostile drones within Kuwaiti airspace, and they were dealt with in accordance with established procedures,” the army said in a statement.
“The armed forces affirm their full readiness to maintain the security of the homeland and the safety of citizens and residents,” it added.
The incident comes after the United Arab Emirates’ Ministry of Defense announced that its air defense systems successfully engaged 2 UAV\u2019s launched from Iran on Sunday.
\u200eSince the onset of the Iranian attacks, UAE air defenses have engaged a total of 551 ballistic missiles, 29 cruise missiles and 2,265 UAVs, the ministry says.
Iran’s leadership<\/a> sent a response to the latest U.S. peace proposal to mediators in Pakistan on Sunday, Iranian state media reported.
The report did not offer details about the contents of the response.
The U.S,-owned \u201cNeha\u201d trade ship was attacked by two Iranian drones<\/a> in the Persian Gulf on Sunday, the chairman of Safesea Group, SV Anchan, told Fox News Digital.
One drone hit the ship while the other missed. The vessel was empty of cargo at the time of the attack and was anchored near Doha.
The ship had 23 sailors aboard and no injuries were reported.
Fox News’ Lauren Simonetti contributed to this report.<\/em>
Hudson Institute senior fellow Rebeccah Heinrichs joined Fox News for an appearance on “Life, Liberty & Levin” this weekend to discuss the Trump administration’s next steps in Iran, controlling the Strait of Hormuz<\/a> and more.
If negotiations with Iran collapse, the U.S. likely is to move quickly to degrade Tehran\u2019s military<\/a> capabilities \u2014 a campaign analysts say would begin with missile systems, naval assets and command networks before escalating to more controversial targets.
Negotiators are still working toward what officials describe as a preliminary framework agreement \u2014 effectively a one-page starting point for broader talks centered on Iran\u2019s\u00a0nuclear program and potential sanctions\u00a0relief. But deep mistrust on both sides has left the process fragile, raising the stakes if diplomacy fails.\u00a0
“We\u2019re not starting at zero,” retired Army Col. Seth Krummrich, a former Joint Staff planner and current Vice President at Global Guardian, told Fox News Digital. “We\u2019re both starting at minus 1,000 because neither side trusts each other at all. This is going to be a pretty hard process going forward.”\u00a0
That tension was on display Thursday, when a senior U.S. official confirmed American forces struck Iran\u2019s Qeshm port and Bandar Abbas \u2014 key locations near the Strait of Hormuz \u2014 while insisting the operation did not mark a restart of the war or the end of the ceasefire.
The strike on one of Iran\u2019s oil ports came two days after Iran launched 15 ballistic and cruise missiles at the UAE\u2019s Fujairah Port, drawing anger from Gulf allies. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Dan Caine said earlier this week the attack did not rise to the level of breaking the ceasefire, describing it as a low-level strike.
President Donald Trump repeatedly has warned that if negotiations collapse, the U.S. could resume bombing Iran \u2014 even signaling before the recent ceasefire was implemented that Washington could target the country\u2019s energy infrastructure and key economic assets. But any escalation would likely unfold in phases, beginning with efforts to dismantle Iran\u2019s ability to project force across the region before expanding to more controversial targets.
If talks break down, any renewed conflict would likely become a “contest for escalation control,” where Iran seeks to impose costs without provoking regime-threatening retaliation while the U.S. works to strip away Tehran\u2019s remaining leverage, according to retired Air Force Lt. Gen. David Deptula.
“The capabilities that would come into focus are the ones Iran uses to generate coercive leverage: ballistic missiles, cruise missiles, air defense systems, maritime strike assets, command-and-control networks, IRGC infrastructure, proxy support channels, and nuclear-related facilities,” he said, referring to the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps.\u00a0
“The military objective would be less about punishment and more about denying Iran the tools it uses to escalate,” he said.\u00a0
This is an excerpt from an article by Fox News’ Morgan Phillips.<\/em>
The United Arab Emirates<\/a> says it intercepted two Iranian drones in its airspace on Sunday as hostilities continue to weigh on a fragile ceasefire between the U.S. and Iran.
The UAE’s defense ministry says no injuries were reported in the incident.
It comes the same day a drone strike started a small blaze aboard a commercial ship off the coast of Qatar and Kuwait said it fended off a drone attack.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.<\/em>
The Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps<\/a> vowed a “heavy assault” on U.S. bases across the Middle East if Iran’s oil tankers faced attack in the Strait of Hormuz on Sunday.
“Any attack on Iranian tankers and commercial vessels will result in a heavy assault on one of the American centers in the region and enemy ships,” the IRGC said.
The threat comes as the U.S. continues to wait for a response from Iran to a proposed peace deal.
President Donald Trump has suggested that a formal peace agreement could be just a week away.
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