President Donald Trump said the United States could resume military action against Iran if it acts “rudely.”
According to Axios and other foreign media, Trump told reporters on May 2 at Palm Beach airport in Florida, before boarding his plane, that renewed strikes were possible. Asked whether he could restart attacks on Iran, he said, “If they (Iran) act rudely or do something bad,” it could happen. He added, “For now, we’ll watch,” but said the possibility “certainly” exists.
Trump was reported to have received a briefing on a new military plan for Iran from U.S. Central Command on April 30.
With Iran expected to deliver a new ceasefire proposal to the United States, Trump appeared to be weighing both negotiations and military action. Earlier May 2, he wrote on his social media platform Truth Social that he would soon review “the proposal Iran just sent us.” He added that it was hard to imagine accepting it, saying Iran “still has not paid a sufficient price” for what it has done to “humanity and the world” over the past 47 years.
NPR and other outlets, citing Iran’s semiofficial Tasnim news agency and state television, reported that Iran sent a 14-point ceasefire plan to the United States through Pakistan, a mediator.
The plan was described as a response to a U.S. proposal with nine points. Its central change would be ending the war within 30 days, rather than within two months as proposed by the United States. The reported terms also include guarantees related to U.S. hostile actions, withdrawal of U.S. forces from areas around Iran, an end to a U.S. naval blockade of Iran, unfreezing Iranian accounts and lifting sanctions, ending the conflict in Lebanon, and establishing a new mechanism for managing the Strait of Hormuz.
* This article has been translated by AI.
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