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Trump Rejects Iran’s Peace Plan as Strait of Hormuz Ceasefire Faces Strain

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President Donald Trump rejected Iran’s written response to a U.S. peace plan to end the war, calling it “TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE!” even as a Pakistan-brokered ceasefire was strained by drone attacks and skirmishes around the Strait of Hormuz and across the Gulf.theguardian +1 Oil prices jumped more than 3%, with Brent crude nearing $105 a barrel on fears that the fragile truce could unravel.nbcnews

The U.S. proposal, described as a one-page, 14‑point memorandum, aimed to lock in a halt to major U.S.–Iran strikes, reopen the Strait of Hormuz and move into follow‑on talks over Iran’s nuclear program.theguardian +1 Tehran’s counteroffer, sent via Pakistani mediators on Sunday, pushed for a broader end to the war on “all fronts,” including Lebanon, full lifting of U.S. sanctions, an end to the American naval blockade and compensation for wartime damage, while deferring detailed nuclear talks.theguardian +2

What the Peace Plan Offers — and Why Trump Rejected Iran’s Reply

Reporting on the U.S. plan indicated Washington wanted a step‑by‑step process: entrench the ceasefire, reopen Hormuz to global shipping, and then negotiate over Iran’s enrichment program and regional activities.theguardian +1 The memorandum reportedly included provisions on limiting nuclear work, maritime security arrangements in the strait, and mechanisms to prevent a return to large‑scale strikes.theguardian +1

Iran’s written response shifted the focus to sanctions relief and sovereignty. Iranian outlets said Tehran demanded formal recognition that the war was over on every front, guarantees against future attacks, lifting of the naval blockade, reopening Hormuz under Iranian control, and 30 more days of talks to hash out details — with nuclear issues pushed to a later phase.theguardian +2 Trump’s public dismissal on Truth Social — “I don’t like it — TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE!” — signaled that Washington saw Iran as overreaching on control of Hormuz and under‑delivering on nuclear concessions.nytimes +1

A Ceasefire Under Fire: Hormuz, Drones and Proxy Fronts

The ceasefire, in place since early April after Pakistani mediation, had already been described by diplomats as “incredibly fragile.”cbsnews In recent days, U.S. Central Command said American forces sank six small boats linked to Iran while escorting commercial vessels through a narrow lane in the Strait of Hormuz, underscoring how contested the waterway remains.usatoday Iran has periodically closed or restricted Hormuz, through which about one‑fifth of the world’s oil and gas flows in normal times, using it as leverage against sanctions and the blockade.nbcnews +1

At the same time, drone attacks and attempted incursions were reported across the Gulf. Officials in Qatar, Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates said they intercepted or suffered drone strikes, including a drone that set a small fire on a cargo ship off Doha.washingtonpost +1 Iran denied responsibility but warned regional states not to cooperate with the U.S. naval effort.theguardian Israel, which has continued strikes in Lebanon despite the U.S.–Iran pause, argued that “the war is not over” because Iran’s enriched uranium stockpile and Hezbollah’s arsenal remain intact.nbcnews +1 Analysts warned that any major incident at sea, or a deadly flare‑up on the Lebanon front, could rapidly collapse the truce.cbsnews

The Bigger Picture

Trump’s rejection of Iran’s counterproposal left the core disputes — sanctions relief, nuclear limits, and who controls and secures Hormuz — unresolved, even as markets and regional states bet heavily on a durable calm.theguardian +2 With no agreed enforcement mechanism and multiple active flashpoints, the ceasefire continued to reduce the risk of all‑out war but offered little assurance it would hold if another tanker is hit, a proxy group miscalculates, or either side decides the diplomatic costs outweigh the benefits of restraint.cbsnews