Trump rejects Iran’s latest peace offer after Tehran refuses to negotiate its nuclear program: ‘TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE!’
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Ronny Reyes and
Published May 10, 2026
Updated May 10, 2026, 9:34 p.m. ET
President Trump on Sunday appeared to reject Iran’s latest proposal in ongoing negotiations over a peace deal, calling the Islamic republic’s offer “totally unacceptable.”
“I have just read the response from Iran’s so-called ‘Representatives.’ I don’t like it — TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE!” Trump wrote on Truth Social.
The president also warned the country against “playing games” after Tehran refused to discuss its nuclear program in its latest response to America’s peace proposal through Pakistani mediators.
Trump slammed the rogue Mideast country for delaying negotiations historically, ranting on the social platform.
“Iran has been playing games with the United States, and the rest of the World, for 47 years (DELAY, DELAY, DELAY!” Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform.
“For 47 years the Iranians have been “tapping” us along, keeping us waiting, killing our people with their roadside bombs, destroying protests, and recently wiping out 42,000 innocent, unarmed protestors, and laughing at our now GREAT AGAIN Country. They will be laughing no longer!” he said.
Iran responded to Trump by again saying it would refuse to negotiate on its nuclear and missile program for the time being, instead trying to shift focus to ending the fighting and a gradual reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, US and Iranian media reported.
If the US agrees to those terms, Tehran proposed that discussion on nuclear issues could be negotiated over the next 30 days, sources familiar with the deal told The Wall Street Journal.
Iran allegedly suggested it would be open to suspending its uranium enrichment for an undisclosed amount of time and transferring some of its atomic materials to a third country, the WSJ reported.
But the moratorium would be less than the 20 years proposed by the US.
The Islamic republic also sought assurances that it would get its uranium back if the US fails to comply with its part of the agreement.
The response came as US Ambassador to the United Nations Mike Waltz said the dismantling of Iran’s nuclear program is a “very clear red line” for the president.
Trump has stated that Iran cannot be allowed to develop nuclear weapons, with the president vowing on Sunday to do whatever possible to confiscate the Islamic republic’s nuclear materials.
“We’ll get that at some point,” Trump told TV’s “Full Measure with Sharyl Attkisson” in an interview that dropped Sunday. “We have it surveilled. You know, I did a thing called Space Force, and they are watching.
“If somebody walked in, they can tell you his name, his address, the number of his badge,” he said of the technology’s capability. “We have that very well surveilled. If anybody got near the place, we will know about it, and we’ll blow them up.”
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu echoed Trump’s warning, saying the war in Iran cannot end while Tehran still has a working nuclear program.
“It’s not over because there’s still nuclear material — enriched uranium — that has to be taken out of Iran,” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told CBS News’ “60 Minutes.”
“All that is still there, and there’s work to be done,” he said, noting that to get rid of the nuclear material, “you go in, and you take it out.”
It remains unclear what other concessions Iran might be demanding from the US, but its response came around the same time that the semi-official Fars News Agency, which has close ties to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, published Tehran’s vision for the region.
In the 10-point plan allegedly laid out by Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei, Iran called for the full withdrawal of American ships and bases from the Strait of Hormuz and the Persian Gulf.