Trump warns Tuesday deadline for a deal is final as Iran rejects ceasefire
Teheran emphasises the necessity of a permanent end to the war
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[WASHINGTON, DC] US President Donald Trump said on Monday (Apr 6) the Tuesday deadline he has set for Iran to make a deal is final, calling Iran’s peace proposal significant but not good enough.
Trump has warned US forces will unleash broad attacks on Iranian infrastructure if his Tuesday night deadline is not met. Iran has rejected Trump’s deadline.
“They made a proposal, and it’s a significant proposal. It’s a significant step. It’s not good enough,” Trump told reporters during an Easter egg event for children on the White House South Lawn.
“It could end very quickly, the war, if they do what they have to do. They have to do certain things. They know that, they’ve been negotiating I think in good faith,” he said.
Trump’s senior aides have been negotiating with Iran indirectly through Pakistan, attempting to get a deal in which Iran will forswear nuclear weapons and reopen the Strait of Hormuz, the oil transit waterway.
Trump said it appeared the latest team representing the Iranian government is “not as radicalised” as others who have been killed in airstrikes,. “We think they’re actually smarter,” he said.
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Trump said if it were up to him, the US would take control of Iran’s oil, but he said the American people would probably not understand such a move.
The US and Iran on Monday weighed a framework plan to end their five-week-old conflict, as Teheran said it wanted a lasting end to the war and pushed back against pressure to swiftly reopen the Strait of Hormuz under a temporary ceasefire.
Iran conveyed its response to the US proposal for ending the war to Pakistan, rejecting a ceasefire and emphasising the necessity of a permanent end to the war, the official IRNA news agency said on Monday.
The Iranian response consisted of 10 clauses, including an end to conflicts in the region, a protocol for safe passage through the Strait of Hormuz, lifting of sanctions, and reconstruction, the agency added. REUTERS
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