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Donald Trump has rejected Iran’s response to his proposals to end the war as “totally unacceptable.”
Over the weekend, it emerged that Tehran had responded via Pakistan, which has acted as mediator in the conflict, to the administration’s latest plan to end the fighting.
But on Sunday night, the US president wrote on his Truth Social platform: “I have just read the response from Iran’s so-called “Representatives.” I don’t like it — TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE.”
Iranian state media said the country’s response had focused on ending the war on all fronts, especially in Lebanon, and on the safety of shipping through the Strait of Hormuz, where the US and Iran have enacted dueling blockades.
It followed the US proposal to end fighting before starting talks on more contentious issues, including Iran’s nuclear program.
Iran also issued a threat to the UK and France, warning that any warships in the Strait of Hormuz “will be met with decisive response”.
On Sunday evening, Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu told CBS News that there is still “work to be done” in Iran, though he refrained from offering a timetable for the war’s end.
He further said that Israel should wean itself off of American military aid in the future.
Iran says it will ‘definitely’ take part in World Cup but demands US visa assurances
Iran‘s football federation said on Saturday the country will “definitely” participate in the 2026 Fifa World Cup and insisted that the tournament’s hosts – the United States, Canada and Mexico – consider Tehran‘s concerns around the team’s travel and how it will be treated.
“All players and technical staff, especially those who served their military service in the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, should be granted visas without problems,” Football Federation Islamic Republic of Iran president Mehdi Taj said, according to Iranian media.
The team represents a country in a fragile ceasefire with the United States after the US and Israel sparked a war with attacks on Iran on 28 February, and whose citizens are subject to a travel ban imposed by the Trump administration.
Shweta Sharma11 May 2026 06:30
Two medics among 51 killed in Israeli attacks in Lebanon
Israeli attacks across Lebanon killed at least 51 people in the past 24 hours, including two medical workers, according to Lebanon’s health ministry, despite a US-brokered ceasefire now entering its third week.
The ministry accused Israel of directly targeting two Health Authority locations in Qalawiya and Tibnin in the Bint Jbeil district, saying the attacks violated international humanitarian law.
Women grieve as they carry the body of 6-month-old Mariam Fahos during a funeral procession for people killed a day earlier in an Israeli airstrike in the village of Saksakieh, in the southern port city of Sidon, Lebanon, Sunday (Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)
Lebanese authorities say 2,846 people have been killed since Israel launched a new military operation on 2 March.
The United Nations says at least 103 Lebanese medical workers have been killed and 230 wounded in more than 130 Israeli strikes since then.
“We’re under threat every second, every day,” Ali Safiuddin, head of the Lebanese civil defence in Tyre, told Al Jazeera. “We ask ourselves if we’re going to survive or if we’re going to die.”
Funeral of people killed in an Israeli strike in Saksakiyeh, in Haret Saida (Reuters)
More than 1.2 million people have been displaced in Lebanon since 2 March, with attacks continuing despite the 16 April ceasefire.
Shweta Sharma11 May 2026 06:13
Iran warns British warships deployed to the Strait of Hormuz will be met with ‘decisive response’
Iran has issued a stark warning to Britain, urging it not to “escalate the crisis” in the Middle East by sending warships to the Strait of Hormuz.
Iran’s deputy foreign minister said that the presence of French and British warships in the key shipping route, effectively controlled by Tehran in retaliation for US and Israeli attacks, “will be met with a decisive and immediate response”.
It comes after the UK’s Ministry of Defence (MoD) said the Royal Navy was sending the HMS Dragon warship to the Middle East, where it could join an international mission to safeguard shipping in the Strait of Hormuz.
Shweta Sharma11 May 2026 06:00
Shweta Sharma11 May 2026 05:40
Pakistan asks Singapore to help repatriate seafarers from US-seized ships
Pakistan has asked Singapore to help facilitate the welfare and repatriation of 11 Pakistani and 20 Iranian seafarers aboard vessels seized by US authorities near Singaporean waters.
Deputy prime minister and foreign minister Ishaq Dar said he raised the matter with Singaporean foreign minister Vivian Balakrishnan and remained in close coordination with Iran’s foreign minister Abbas Araghchi.
Dar said Pakistan was prepared to assist in the safe repatriation of Iranian nationals via Pakistan, while Pakistani authorities continued coordinating with US officials and others to secure the safety and earliest possible return of Pakistani citizens.
Shweta Sharma11 May 2026 05:17
Nobel laureate Narges Mohammadi is transferred to a Tehran hospital, her foundation says
Nobel Peace laureate and activist Narges Mohammadi has been transferred to a Tehran hospital more than a week after collapsing in prison, her foundation said Sunday.
Her transfer comes after days of pleading by her family and others who described her condition as critical.
Her foundation said she has been granted a suspension of her prison sentence on bail. It was not clear for how long her sentence is suspended, the foundation said.
Mohammadi had been imprisoned since December in Zanjan prison. She lost consciousness twice and was transferred to a local hospital on 1 May.
A statement from her foundation, shared with The Associated Press, said the suspended sentence is not enough and that Mohammadi needs “permanent, specialised care.”
The statement added that “we must ensure she never returns to prison to face the 18 years remaining on her sentence.
Now is the time to demand her unconditional freedom and the dismissal of all charges.”
Prominent Iranian human rights activist Narges Mohammadi in a hospital in Tehran, Iran (AP)
Mohammadi’s Iran-based lawyer Mostafa Nili said on social media the transfer order was issued following the decision of the Legal Medicine Organisation – government-appointed medical examiners – “which stated that, due to her multiple illnesses, she needs to continue treatment outside prison and under the supervision of her own medical team.”
There was no immediate comment from Iranian authorities.
Mohammadi’s brother Hamidreza Mohammadi, who is based in Oslo, Norway, had said medical examiners previously recommended her transfer to Tehran but the decision was blocked. He blamed Iran’s intelligence agency.
“I’m relieved now. I can breathe lightly,” her brother told the AP in a message.
Shweta Sharma11 May 2026 05:00
Trump under pressure to end war ahead of China visit
With Donald Trump due to visit China this week, there has been mounting pressure to draw a line under the war, which has ignited a global energy crisis and poses a growing threat to the world economy.
Tehran has largely blocked non-Iranian shipping through the narrow Strait of Hormuz, which before the war carried one-fifth of the world’s oil supply and has emerged as one of the central pressure points in the war.
Addressing whether combat operations against Iran were over, Trump said in remarks aired on Sunday: “They are defeated, but that doesn’t mean they’re done.”
Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the war was not over because there was “more work to be done” to remove enriched uranium from Iran, dismantle enrichment sites and address Iran’s proxies and ballistic missile capabilities.
The best way to remove the enriched uranium would be through diplomacy, Netanyahu said in an interview with CBS News’ “60 Minutes,” without ruling out removing it by force.
Iran’s president Masoud Pezeshkian said in a social media post that Iran would “never bow down to the enemy” and would “defend national interests with strength”.
Despite diplomatic efforts to break a deadlock, the threat to shipping lanes and the economies of the region remained high.
Shweta Sharma11 May 2026 04:44
Dollar strengthens as Trump says Iran peace offer ‘unacceptable’
The dollar advanced against its major peers in early Asia trade on Monday, supported by strong US jobs data released late last week and as the US-Iran ceasefire hung by a thread, boosting demand for the safe-haven currency.
The euro was down 0.2 per cent at $1.1767, the yen slipped 0.1 per ce to 156.905 yen per dollar and the British pound was 0.3 per cent lower at $1.3597. The risk-sensitive Australian dollar slipped 0.2 per cent to $0.7234, while its kiwi counterpart weakened 0.3 per cent to $0.5948.
“We start the new trading week, as has so often been the case of late, reacting to geopolitical headlines,” said Chris Weston, head of research at Pepperstone Group Ltd in Melbourne.
Oil prices jumped as trading resumed on Monday, with Brent crude up 3.3 per cent at $104.65 a barrel, after president Donald Trump on Sunday rejected Iran’s response to a US proposal for peace talks, dashing hopes for an imminent end to the 10-week-old conflict.
Shweta Sharma11 May 2026 04:21
Trump says Iran’s response to peace proposal ‘totally unacceptable’
US president Donald Trump has said he has read Iran’s response to his peace plan, calling it “totally unacceptable”.
As we’ve been reporting today, Tehran has sent its response to the US via Pakistan, which has been acting as mediator.
It’s not yet known exactly what it says.
Writing on his Truth Social platform, Mr Trump said: “I have just read the response from Iran’s so-called ‘Representatives.’
“I don’t like it — TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE! Thank you for your attention to this matter. President DONALD J. TRUMP”
Shweta Sharma11 May 2026 04:03
Iran’s proposal included lifting of sanctions on Tehran – report
An Iranian proposal sent to the United States through mediator Pakistan stressed the need for an end to the war on all fronts and the lifting of sanctions on Tehran, Iran’s semi-official Tasnim news agency said on Sunday.
The proposal emphasised the necessity of lifting sanctions by the US Office of Foreign Assets Control on Iranian oil sales during a 30-day period and ending the naval blockade on Iran, Tasnim added.
Tasnim also quoted the source as saying that Iran’s demands include “Iranian management of the Strait of Hormuz if certain commitments are undertaken by the US.” The agency did not specify what those commitments would be.
Shweta Sharma11 May 2026 04:02