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Source: The Guardian and agencies

Trump says Iran has not yet ‘paid a big enough price’ as he reviews new peace proposal

Iran says the ‘ball is in the United States’ court’ as Trump says he is likely to reject new proposal from Tehran

Guardian staff and agencies
Sun 3 May 2026 04.48 BST
Last modified on Sun 3 May 2026 08.17 BST

Donald Trump said on Saturday he was going to review a new peace proposal from Tehran but cast doubt over its prospects, saying Iran had not yet “paid a big enough price”.

Two semiofficial Iranian news outlets, Tasnim and Fars, believed to be close to Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard, said Iran had sent the US a new 14-point proposal via Pakistan.

“I’ll let you know about it later,” Trump said of the proposal on Saturday, before boarding Air Force One, adding that “they’re going to give me the exact wording now”.

Shortly after speaking to reporters, Trump posted on social media about the new proposal, saying he “can’t imagine that it would be acceptable in that they have not yet paid a big enough price for what they have done to Humanity, and the World, over the last 47 years.”

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