U.S. President Donald Trump is not satisfied with Iran’s latest peace proposal, which seeks to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and end the U.S. naval blockade of Iran’s ports, while leaving its nuclear program for later negotiations, U.S. media reported on Monday, citing several White House officials.
The president discussed Iran’s proposal with his top national security officials at a meeting in the White House Situation Room on Monday afternoon, said the reports.
One of the people attending the meeting said Trump was not likely to accept Iran’s proposal, which was delivered to the United States over the last few days, CNN reported.
A U.S. official told The New York Times that accepting the proposal could appear to deny Trump a victory since the president has repeatedly insisted that Iran cannot have nuclear weapons.
In an interview with Fox News on Monday, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Iran’s new proposal “is better than what we thought they were going to submit,” but stressed any deal must bar Tehran from developing a nuclear weapon.
Trump insisted last week that any peace deal with Iran would be made on U.S. terms and his timeline, claiming there is “no time frame” for ending the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran and “no time pressure” on either the extended ceasefire or stalled talks.
