Iran has laid out its demands in a counteroffer to the U. S. that President Trump shot down on Sunday, while seeking to push back nuclear negotiations, according to multiple reports.
Iranian state media has said its negotiators demanded war reparations, Iranian sovereignty over the Strait of Hormuz and U. S. sanctions ending, the New York Times reported.
On Sunday, Trump blasted the Iranian government’s response to his administration’s peace proposal.
“I have just read the response from Iran’s so-called ‘Representatives.’ I don’t like it — TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE!” Trump said on Truth Social.
The Iranians are also seeking to separate nuclear talks from the negotiations to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, while the Trump administration wants nuclear commitments up front.
The U. S. also wants Iran to drop its claims over the Strait of Hormuz, which has become a major point of leverage for Tehran, which has floated a long-term tolling system for global shipping through the passage.
Iranian foreign ministry spokesperson Esmail Baghaei said Tehran wanted to focus on “what’s urgent,” pointing to “an end to the war in all its forms, including in Lebanon,” The Wall Street Journal reported Monday.
Baghaei said his country’s response pushed for Iranian frozen assets to be released and a blockade on the Strait of Hormuz to end, the Journal reported.
According to the Journal, Baghaei said decisions on how to move forward with Iran’s nuclear program were to be settled when “the time is right.”
Earlier Sunday, the Islamic Republic News Agency reported that negotiators in Tehran submitted their response to the U. S. peace proposal.
The U. S.-Israel war was launched more than two months ago, but has settled into a relative ceasefire since early April, with both sides enforcing military blockades on the Strait of Hormuz.
The closure of the key waterway has caused oil and gas prices to spike, with mounting shortages of fertilizer and other derivatives of the energy industry.
According to AAA, the average cost for a regular gallon of gas in the U. S. on Monday was about $4.52, up from $3.13 at the same time last year.
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