Trump rejects ‘unacceptable’ Iran peace deal amid Gulf tensions

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — US President Donald Trump, in a social media post Sunday, rejected Iran’s response to the latest US proposal to end war. The response, wired via Pakistani mediators, was according to President Trump “TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE!” — becoming the latest setback to efforts to resolve the standoff in the Persian Gulf that has throttled shipping and sent energy prices soaring. Iranian state television reported that Tehran rejected the U.S. proposal as amounting to surrender, insisting instead on “war reparations by the U.S., full Iranian sovereignty over the Strait of Hormuz, an end to sanctions, and the release of seized […]...

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