President Donald Trump has rejected the latest cease-fire proposal from the United States, and Iran has responded. “I have just read the response from Iran’s so-called ‘Representatives.” It is completely unacceptable, and I don’t like it! Trump posted on Truth Social on Sunday afternoon, saying, “Thank you for your attention to this matter.”
As US Ambassador to the UN Mike Walz told Fox News Sunday anchor Shannon Bream, “We’re seeing the world align with us,” America continues to believe it has strong cards.
Iran has revealed its actual nature. Walz said, “But President Trump is giving diplomacy a chance, backed by our great U.S. military.”
The most recent plan from the Trump administration called for an agreement to halt Iran’s nuclear development, reopen the Strait of Hormuz, and stop the conflict.
According to state TV, Iran wants to guarantee maritime security and put a stop to the conflict on all fronts, particularly in Lebanon, where Israel is battling the militant organization Hezbollah, which Iran supports.
The state broadcaster reported, without providing any details, that Mojtaba Khamenei, Iran’s new supreme leader who hasn’t been seen or heard in public since the start of the conflict, “issued new and decisive directives for the continuation of operations and the powerful confrontation with the enemies” during a meeting with the head of the joint military command.
If Iran does not agree to reopen the strait and halt its nuclear program, Trump has renewed his threats to start full-scale bombardment. Since the start of the conflict, Iran has mostly shut the vital canal that is essential to the world’s supply of fertiliser, natural gas, and oil, shaking international markets.
President Donald Trump on January 22, 2026, at Davos, Switzerland
atop May 10, 2026, a woman is seen holding the Iranian flag in front of an anti-US billboard that makes reference to President Donald Trump and the Strait of Hormuz. The billboard was placed atop a building in Tehran’s Valiasr Square.
On May 10, 2026, the Israeli side of the Israel-Lebanon border witnessed an explosion of what seemed to be white phosphorus launched by the IDF on the Lebanese side.
Since April 13, the U.S. military has blockaded Iranian ports, claiming to have destroyed four and turned back sixty-one commercial vessels. It attacked two Iranian oil tankers on Friday, claiming they were attempting to break the blockade. According to Iran’s Revolutionary Guard navy, any strike on Iranian commercial or oil tankers will result in a “heavy assault” on enemy ships and U.S. sites in the area.
Iran’s highly enriched uranium is another bone of contention in the talks. Iran has more than 440 kilograms (970 pounds) of enriched material up to 60% purity, which is a short technical step from weapons grade, according to the U.N. nuclear agency.
An Iranian military spokeswoman stated that forces were “full readiness” to defend uranium storage facilities in an interview that was published late on Saturday.
“We thought that they might plan to steal it through helicopter or infiltration operations,” Brig. The IRNA news agency was informed by General Akrami Nia.
“Trump has said to me, ‘I want to go in there,’ and I think it can be done physically,'” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stated in an excerpt of an interview with CBS that aired on Sunday, adding that the conflict is still ongoing since enriched uranium needs to be removed from Iran.
Vladimir Putin, the president of Russia, stated on Saturday that Moscow’s offer to obtain enriched uranium from Iran in order to aid in settlement negotiations is still open.
The director-general of the International Atomic Energy Agency told The Associated Press last month that Iran’s Isfahan nuclear complex is probably home to the majority of its highly enriched uranium. The facility was subjected to less severe bombardment this year after being struck by U.S.-Israeli airstrikes during the 12-day conflict last year.
