Donald Trump has rejected Iran’s response to his proposals to end the war as \u201ctotally unacceptable.\u201d<\/p>\n
Over the weekend, it emerged that Tehran had responded<\/a> via Pakistan, which has acted as mediator in the conflict, to the administration\u2019s latest plan to end the fighting.<\/p>\n But on Sunday night, the US president wrote on his Truth Social platform: “I have just read the response from Iran\u2019s so-called \u201cRepresentatives.\u201d I don\u2019t like it \u2014 TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE.\u201d<\/p>\n Iranian state media said the country\u2019s 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.<\/p>\n It followed the US proposal to end fighting before starting talks on more contentious issues, including Iran’s nuclear program.<\/p>\n Iran also issued<\/a> a threat to the UK<\/a> and France, warning<\/a> that any warships in the Strait of Hormuz<\/a> \u201cwill be met with decisive response\u201d.<\/p>\n On Sunday evening, Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu told CBS News that there is still \u201cwork to be done\u201d in Iran, though he refrained from offering a timetable for the war\u2019s end.<\/p>\n He further said that Israel should wean itself off of American military aid in the future.<\/p>\n <\/a>Pakistan asks Singapore to help repatriate seafarers from US-seized ships<\/p>\n 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.<\/p>\n 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\u2019s foreign minister Abbas Araghchi.<\/p>\n 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.<\/p>\n Shweta Sharma11 May 2026 05:17<\/p>\n <\/a>Nobel laureate Narges Mohammadi is transferred to a Tehran hospital, her foundation says<\/p>\n 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.<\/p>\n Her transfer comes after days of pleading by her family and others who described her condition as critical.<\/p>\n 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.<\/p>\n Mohammadi had been imprisoned since December in Zanjan prison. She lost consciousness twice and was transferred to a local hospital on 1 May.<\/p>\n A statement from her foundation, shared with The Associated Press, said the suspended sentence is not enough and that Mohammadi needs \u201cpermanent, specialised care.\u201d<\/p>\n The statement added that \u201cwe must ensure she never returns to prison to face the 18 years remaining on her sentence. <\/p>\n Now is the time to demand her unconditional freedom and the dismissal of all charges.\u201d<\/p>\n Mohammadi\u2019s Iran-based lawyer Mostafa Nili said on social media the transfer order was issued following the decision of the Legal Medicine Organisation \u2013 government-appointed medical examiners \u2013 \u201cwhich stated that, due to her multiple illnesses, she needs to continue treatment outside prison and under the supervision of her own medical team.\u201d<\/p>\n There was no immediate comment from Iranian authorities.<\/p>\n Mohammadi\u2019s 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\u2019s intelligence agency.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m relieved now. I can breathe lightly,\u201d her brother told the AP in a message. <\/p>\n Shweta Sharma11 May 2026 05:00<\/p>\n <\/a>Trump under pressure to end war ahead of China visit<\/p>\n 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.<\/p>\n 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 \u200cpoints in the war.<\/p>\n Addressing whether combat operations against Iran were over, Trump said in remarks aired on Sunday: “They are defeated, but that \u200cdoesn’t mean they’re done.”<\/p>\n 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.<\/p>\n 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.<\/p>\n 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”.<\/p>\n Despite diplomatic efforts to break a deadlock, the threat to \u2060shipping lanes and the economies of the region remained high.<\/p>\n Shweta Sharma11 May 2026 04:44<\/p>\n <\/a>Dollar strengthens as Trump says Iran peace offer ‘unacceptable’<\/p>\n The dollar advanced against its major peers \u200bin 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. <\/p>\n The euro was down 0.2 per cent at $1.1767, \u2060the 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.<\/p>\n “We start the new trading week, as has so often been the case of late, reacting \u2060to geopolitical headlines,” said Chris Weston, head \u200bof \u2060research at Pepperstone Group Ltd in Melbourne. <\/p>\n Oil prices jumped as trading resumed on Monday, with Brent crude up 3.3 per cent at $104.65 a barrel, after \u2060president Donald Trump on Sunday rejected Iran’s response to a US proposal for peace \u200btalks, \u2060dashing hopes for an imminent \u200cend to the 10-week-old conflict.<\/p>\n Shweta Sharma11 May 2026 04:21<\/p>\n <\/a>Trump says Iran’s response to peace proposal ‘totally unacceptable’<\/p>\n US president Donald Trump has said he has read Iran\u2019s response to his peace plan, calling it \u201ctotally unacceptable\u201d.<\/p>\n As we\u2019ve been reporting today, Tehran has sent its response to the US via Pakistan, which has been acting as mediator.<\/p>\n It\u2019s not yet known exactly what it says.<\/p>\n Writing on his Truth Social platform, Mr Trump said: “I have just read the response from Iran\u2019s so-called ‘Representatives.’<\/p>\n “I don\u2019t like it \u2014 TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE! Thank you for your attention to this matter. President DONALD J. TRUMP”<\/p>\n Shweta Sharma11 May 2026 04:03<\/p>\n![\"Prominent](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1778473756_55_download.jpg\")
Prominent Iranian human rights activist Narges Mohammadi in a hospital in Tehran, Iran (AP)<\/p>\n