President Donald Trump says Iran has “not yet paid a big enough price” after Tehran submitted a fresh peace deal proposal, casting fresh doubt on whether an agreement to end the war in the Middle East could be on the horizon.
Iran submitted a new, 14-point plan to Pakistani officials mediating peace negotiations, Iran’s semi-official Fars news outlet reported on Saturday.
A top Iranian official separately said the “ball is in the United States’ court.”
Speaking to reporters as he boarded Air Force One on Saturday, Trump said he was about to see the “exact wording” of the proposal.
In a later social media post, Trump said he would review the plan, but “can’t imagine that it would be acceptable in that they have not yet paid a big enough price for what they have done to Humanity, and the World, over the last 47 years.”
The current clerical regime in Tehran came to power following the country’s 1979 Islamic Revolution.
Despite Trump indefinitely extending a ceasefire with Iran last month, he has also kept future military action against Tehran on the table.
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