Trump
says Iran has not yet ‘paid a big enough price’ as he reviews new peace
proposal
Iran says
the ‘ball is in the United States’ court’ as Trump says he is likely to reject
new proposal from Tehran
Guardian
staff and agencies
Sun 3 May
2026 04.48 BST
Donald
Trump said on Saturday he was going to review a new peace proposal from Tehran
but cast doubt over its prospects, saying Iran had not yet “paid a big enough
price”.
Two
semiofficial Iranian news outlets, Tasnim and Fars, believed to be close to
Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard, said Iran had sent the US a new
14-point proposal via Pakistan.
“I’ll let
you know about it later,” Trump said of the proposal on Saturday, before
boarding Air Force One, adding that “they’re going to give me the exact wording
now”.
Shortly
after speaking to reporters, Trump posted on social media about the new
proposal, saying he “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.”
Trump
rejected a previous Iranian proposal this week. However a ceasefire in the war
– launched by the United States and Israel in late February – has been in
effect since 8 April, with one failed round of peace talks having taken place
in Pakistan.
Iran’s
deputy foreign minister Kazem Gharibabadi told diplomats in Tehran “the ball is
in the United States’ court to choose the path of diplomacy or the continuation
of a confrontational approach”.
Iran, he
said, was “prepared for both paths”.
Washington
has repeatedly said it will not end the war without a deal that prevents Iran
from obtaining a nuclear weapon, the primary aim Trump cited when he launched
strikes in February in the midst of nuclear talks. Iran says its nuclear
program is peaceful.
Reuters
and other news organisations have reported over the past week that Tehran is
proposing to reopen the strait before nuclear issues are resolved.
Iranian
media said Tehran’s latest 14-point proposal included the withdrawal of US
forces from areas surrounding Iran, lifting the US blockade on the strait of
Hormuz, releasing Iran’s frozen assets, payment of compensation, lifting
sanctions and ending the war on all fronts, including Lebanon, as well as a new
control mechanism for the strait.
Speaking
to reporters in Florida on Saturday, Trump suggested new military action
against Iran was on the table.
“If they
misbehave, if they do something bad, but right now, we’ll see,” he said. “But
it’s a possibility that could happen, certainly.”
Elsewhere,
the US warned shipping companies they could face sanctions for paying Iran to
pass safely through the strait of Hormuz, adding pressure in the standoff over
control of it.
Iran has
maintained a stranglehold on the strait since the war began, choking major
flows of oil, gas and fertiliser to the world economy. The US has responded
with a naval blockade of Iranian ports, depriving Tehran of oil revenue it
needs to shore up its ailing economy.
Oil
prices are about 50% above prewar levels.
The US on
Friday warned against payments to Iran, not only in cash but also in “digital
assets, offsets, informal swaps, or other in-kind payments,” including
charitable donations and payments at Iranian embassies.
With
Reuters, the Associated Press and Agence France-Presse
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