Trump Rejects Iran’s Response, Says Ceasefire Is On Massive Life Support

President Trump rejected Iran’s response to a U.S. peace proposal and said the ceasefire was “on massive life support,” while he warned that “We’re either going to make a deal or they’re going to be decimated.”

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth told a congressional hearing that “We have a plan to escalate, if necessary,” and he declined to provide details, saying it would not be appropriate in a nonclassified hearing.

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The Guardian reported that Trump called Iran’s counter-proposal “totally unacceptable” as drone strikes were reported around the region and Benjamin Netanyahu warned the war was “not over.”

The Guardian said the U.S. peace proposal was reported to consist of a one-page, 14-point memorandum of understanding that would reopen the strait while setting a framework for further talks on Iran’s nuclear programme.

In response to the U.S. memorandum, the Guardian reported that Iran’s counter-proposal underlined the necessity of lifting US sanctions and ending the US naval blockade of the strait of Hormuz after the signing of initial understanding, and an immediate end to the war with guarantees against any renewed attack on the country.

Yemen’s foreign ministry expressed the “strongest condemnation” of what it called “hostile acts” allegedly carried out by an armed group linked to the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) in Kuwait, and it called the incident a “flagrant violation of the sovereignty of a member state of the United Nations.”

Kuwait’s deputy foreign affairs minister, Hamad Suleiman al-Mashaan, condemned the incident and demanded Iran “immediately and unconditionally cease such actions,” describing the actions as a “blatant violation of Kuwait’s sovereignty.”

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Sky News said it was claimed on Tuesday that a team of six armed IRGC members tried to infiltrate Bubiyan Island, near Iraq and Iran, and that four men were detained while two escaped.

The CBS News report said Iran’s Foreign Ministry told state media that the four Iranians arrested at sea Tuesday by Kuwaiti authorities were maritime workers whose navigation system malfunctioned, and it said Iran “strongly condemn[s] the Kuwaiti government's inappropriate action.”

CBS News also reported that Kuwait’s ministry of defense said the four Iranians confessed “their affiliation to the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps” and admitted attempting to infiltrate Kuwait's Bubiyan Island “aboard a fishing boat rented specifically to carry out hostile acts.”

The New York Times reported that a spokesman for the Iranian Parliament’s national security committee, Ebrahim Rezaei, warned that Iran could enrich uranium to 90 percent purity if it were attacked again.

The Guardian said two critical issues for future nuclear talks between the US and Iran would be the disposal of Iran’s 440kg of HEU enriched to 60% purity and the suspension of uranium enrichment.

The Guardian reported that in an interview on Iranian state media late on Saturday, a military spokesperson said the country’s forces were at “full readiness” to protect the stockpile and that they considered it possible they might intend to steal it through infiltration operations or heliborne operations.

CBS News said the cost of the war in Iran has grown to $29 billion, acting Pentagon comptroller Jules Hurst said in testimony Tuesday, while Secretary Pete Hegseth said it was $25 billion.

CBS News also reported that Australia would join a “strictly defensive” mission led by France and Britain to secure shipping through the Strait of Hormuz, with Defense Minister Richard Marles saying Australia would contribute a Wedgetail E-7A surveillance aircraft already deployed to protect the United Arab Emirates from Iran drone attacks.