{"id":107169,"date":"2026-05-10T19:48:35","date_gmt":"2026-05-10T19:48:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/107169\/"},"modified":"2026-05-10T19:48:35","modified_gmt":"2026-05-10T19:48:35","slug":"trump-waits-for-answer-from-iran-on-peace-proposal-says-ball-is-in-tehrans-court-we-may-go-back-to-project-freedom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/107169\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump waits for answer from Iran on peace proposal, says ball is in Tehran\u2019s court: \u2018We may go back to Project Freedom\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

President Trump was still waiting for Iran\u2019s counter-offer to his latest bid to settle the war Saturday, while threatening to flex American military muscle if Tehran doesn\u2019t agree to terms.<\/p>\n

A broader cease-fire between the US and Tehran appeared to hold, two days after the US struck two Iranian sites and the United Arab Emirates said it shot down incoming Iranian missiles and drones.<\/p>\n

Pressure has been building on the Iranian regime to move the ball forward in peace negotiations \u2013 with flare-ups in the Strait of Hormuz threatening to derail talks.<\/p>\n

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President Trump was waiting Saturday for Iran to respond to the latest US offer to reach a deal to end the war between the two countries, while a fragile cease-fire holds.\u00a0
Jen Golbeck\/SOPA Images\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n

Trump warned Saturday that he may resume Project Freedom, which would have US destroyers guide commercial ships through the strait, if talks with Tehran flame out.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe may go back to Project Freedom if things don\u2019t happen, but it\u2019d be Project Freedom-plus, meaning Project Freedom plus other things,\u201d he told reporters.<\/p>\n

While Iran stalled their response to the US peace proposal, Britain\u2019s Defense Ministry announced it was sending the HMS Dragon to the Middle East from the eastern Mediterranean, where it has been defending British defense assets from the threat of Iranian strikes.<\/p>\n

A UK military spokesperson called it \u201cprudent planning\u201d as part of a \u201cmultinational coalition jointly led by the UK and France, \u200cto secure the Strait of Hormuz, when conditions allow.\u201d<\/p>\n

It follows a move by Paris earlier this week to deploy its carrier strike group to the southern Red Sea \u2014 accompanied by Italian and Dutch warships.<\/p>\n

French President Emanuel Macron said a joint mission with the UK \u201ccan help restore confidence among shipowners and insurers\u201d and was \u201cdistinct from the parties to the conflict.\u201d<\/p>\n

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A top priority for the US side is reopening the Strait of Hormuz to commercial traffic.
US NAVY\/AFP via Getty Images<\/p>\n

After the outbreak of war on Feb. 28, Iran managed to effectively close the strait, which handles about 20% of the world\u2019s oil shipping.<\/p>\n

Trump countered by announcing a blockade on April 12, before sending US destroyers to search fo Iranian mines and be positioned to escort commercial ships through the waterway.<\/p>\n

Macron called for all sides to end the blockades of the strait \u201cimmediately and without conditions.\u201d<\/p>\n

Trump indicated to reporters that the ball was in Tehran\u2019s court.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m getting a letter supposedly tonight. So we\u2019ll see how that goes,\u201d he said Friday en route to his Virginia golf club, where he is hosting the Saudi-backed LIV golf this weekend.<\/p>\n

Secretary of State Marco Rubio hoped Iran\u2019s response would be a \u201cserious offer.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Iran offered its first medical update on the condition of Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei, who was injured at the start of the Feb. 28 war.
ZUMAPRESS.com<\/p>\n

Rubio met with White House envoy Steve Witkoff in Miami along with Qatari Prime Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani\u00a0to try to forge ahead on the deal, Axios reported Saturday.<\/p>\n

Negotiators have been hammering out the details of a 14-point framework for peace talks between the US and Iran<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The emerging memorandum of understanding \u2014 described as a one-page agreement \u2014 would serve as the foundation for a broader treaty to be negotiated later, according to sources familiar with the talks.<\/p>\n

Iran\u2019s proposal, according to press reports, would give Tehran a guarantee against future attacks, have the US withdraw forces from the region, release its frozen assets, and lift US sanctions.<\/p>\n

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The US imposed a naval blockade after Iran effectively seized control of the strait.
REUTERS<\/p>\n

Tehran has also been seeking war reparations, an end to attacks on Hezbollah allies in Lebanon, and a new mechanism for the strait.<\/p>\n

The US countered with its own proposal requiring Iran to agree not to stop nuclear enrichment activities for 12 years, hand over its highly enriched uranium, with a gradual lifting of sanctions and an end to the US blockade. The strait would reopen within 30 days.<\/p>\n

But major sticking points remain \u2014 especially over Iran\u2019s stockpile of enriched uranium and whether or when Tehran would be allowed to resume any enrichment activity in the future.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, US Central Command said it had disabled two Iranian tankers trying to make their way through the US-imposed blockade of the strait, posting video of the ships with their smokestacks smouldering in a post on X Friday.<\/p>\n

It said Saturday that US forces have redirected 58 commercial vessels and disabled four since April 13 to keep them from entering or leaving Iranian ports.<\/p>\n

Iran\u2019s foreign minister, Seyed Abbas Araghchi, fumed on X that \u201cEvery time a diplomatic solution is on the table, the U.S. opts for a reckless military adventure. Is it a crude pressure tactic?\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"President Trump was still waiting for Iran\u2019s counter-offer to his latest bid to settle the war Saturday, while…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":107170,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[7869,34,1933,10122,722,33820,101,69,34842],"class_list":{"0":"post-107169","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tehran","8":"tag-commercial-ships","9":"tag-iran","10":"tag-iranian-missiles","11":"tag-peace-talks","12":"tag-president-trump","13":"tag-project-freedom","14":"tag-strait-of-hormuz","15":"tag-tehran","16":"tag-us-destroyers"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@iran\/116552014449510392","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107169","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=107169"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107169\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/107170"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=107169"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=107169"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=107169"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}