Trump Rejects Iranian Response, Reveals Details of Netanyahu Call

US President Donald Trump expressed his categorical rejection of the Iranian response to the proposed draft agreement to end the war, which arrived in Washington after a full ten days of waiting. Trump stressed that the US administration was looking to show Tehran greater flexibility in moving towards a settlement. In decisive statements, Trump expressed his dissatisfaction with the Iranian tone, saying: "I do not like their speech, it is inappropriate and I do not like their response," stressing his refusal to go into Additional details on the content of the Iranian response. He followed his statements to Axios with a post on Truth Social in which he described the Iranian position as "completely unacceptable." The US president revealed that he had a phone call with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, where they discussed the Iranian response, among other topics. Trump called the conversation “very nice” and stressed the durability of the bilateral relationship. But he stressed that negotiations with Iran remain a purely American affair. For its part, Iranian state media explained that the Iranian response focused on the need to end the war while providing guarantees that it would not resume in the future. According to Tasnim, the Iranian position included demands to lift US sanctions and end the war on all fronts, in addition to the Iranian administration's guarantee of the Strait of Hormuz. Tehran demanded an end to the US naval blockade immediately Signing, retaining the wording of the initial MOU followed by 30 days of negotiations. It also insisted on lifting sanctions related to oil sales and releasing frozen assets immediately after the initial signing. On the other hand, Tehran rejected the US proposal as a surrender to Trump's “excessive” demands. An Iranian source told Tasnim that he had seen Trump's reaction and considered it "irrelevant." The US president's intentions about continuing negotiations or resorting to military action.