Iran Sends Response to US Proposal via Pakistan, Trump Calls It Totally Unacceptable

Iran sent its response to a US proposal to end the war via Pakistani mediators, according to the Iranian state news agency IRNA, with the proposed first stage focusing on ending hostilities and ensuring “maritime security” in the Gulf and the Strait of Hormuz.

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An Iranian official source told Al Jazeera that Tehran’s response “focuses on ending the war throughout the region, especially in Lebanon, and resolving differences with Washington,” and said it also included “negotiations regarding the Strait of Hormuz, the nuclear programme, and the lifting of sanctions”.

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The US rejected the Iranian counter-proposal, with Donald Trump writing on Truth Social that Iran “has been playing games with the United States, and the rest of the World, for 47 years”, and later adding: “I don’t like it — TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE!”

The dispute is unfolding while the US and Iran have exchanged fire in the Strait of Hormuz over the past week, with Trump saying Iran is “collapsing financially” and losing millions of dollars a day due to Washington’s naval blockade of Iranian ports, which began on April 13.

Al Jazeera’s Kamal Hyder in Islamabad said Pakistan is pushing Iran to “come to a middle ground” in negotiations, warning that “The stakes are very high: Pakistan is suffering economically as well.”

The Guardian reported that Trump rejected an Iranian response to a US peace proposal as “totally unacceptable” as the month-old ceasefire showed signs of fraying and drone strikes were reported around the region.

The Guardian also quoted Trump saying: “I have just read the response from Iran’s so-called ‘representatives’. I don’t like it — totally unacceptable.”

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In parallel, Benjamin Netanyahu told CBS’s “60 Minutes” that the war was “not over” because “there’s still nuclear material -- enriched uranium -- that has to be taken out of Iran. There’s still enrichment sites that have to be dismantled,” and the Guardian said the US parameters for nuclear talks reportedly included a moratorium on Iranian nuclear enrichment for up to 20 years.

The Guardian described the US proposal as a one-page, 14-point memorandum of understanding that would reopen the strait while setting a framework for further talks on Iran’s nuclear programme, and it said the Iranian counter-proposal suggested a shorter moratorium, the export of part of the HEU stockpile, and refusal to accept the dismantling of facilities.

The Guardian added that Trump said US attacks on Iran could be resumed and quoted him saying: “We’ll get that at some point … We have it surveilled.”

Iran’s response, passed to Pakistani mediators, was described by Anadolu Ajansı as focusing on ending the war “on all fronts, especially Lebanon,” and ensuring shipping security, while also stressing the need to ensure Iran is not subjected to another attack under any future political arrangement.

“Iran sends Pakistan its response to US proposal on ending war 'At this stage, the negotiations will focus on ending the war in the region' according to plan, IRNA news agency says Serdar Dincel, Mohammad Sio and Saadet Gokce 10 May 2026•Update: 11 May 2026 ISTANBUL Iran sent Pakistani mediators its response to the latest US proposal for ending the war, Iran's state-run IRNA news agency reported Sunday”

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Anadolu Ajansı reported that the proposal calls for lifting US sanctions and for Iran to retain management of the Strait of Hormuz if Washington fulfills certain commitments, and it said ending the naval blockade imposed on Iran immediately after signing a preliminary understanding is among Tehran’s priorities.

The stakes were also framed in terms of timing and leverage, with Hindustan Times saying Iran’s counter-proposal centers on an immediate and permanent end to hostilities and restoration of maritime security in the Persian Gulf and the Strait of Hormuz, while nuclear questions and sanctions relief are deferred to a later stage.

Hindustan Times reported that the original two-week truce brokered by Pakistan was extended by Trump on April 21 with no calendar deadline, and it said a Situation Room meeting with senior national security officials is expected at the White House on Monday to assess Iran’s submission and decide next steps.

In the same reporting stream, Hindustan Times quoted Trump saying: “I did a thing called Space Force, and they are watching that. If anybody got near the place, we will know about it — and we’ll blow them up,” as the ceasefire’s fate remained “back in Washington’s hands.”