{"id":6389,"date":"2026-05-03T07:31:20","date_gmt":"2026-05-03T04:01:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vanak.news\/?p=6389"},"modified":"2026-05-03T07:31:20","modified_gmt":"2026-05-03T04:01:20","slug":"iran-conflict-day-64-developments-as-trump-rejects-tehrans-proposal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vanak.news\/?p=6389&lang=en","title":{"rendered":"Iran Conflict: Day 64 Developments as Trump Rejects Tehran&#8217;s Proposal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>US President Donald Trump has expressed frustration with Iran&#8217;s latest peace proposal, stating it includes demands he &#8216;can\u2019t agree to&#8217; and cautioning against a premature end to the conflict that could see tensions resurface &#8216;in three more years&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>Simultaneously, Washington has warned that ships paying tolls or fees to Iran for transit through the Strait of Hormuz could face US sanctions, indicating a tougher stance on maritime activities linked to Tehran.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, a new Washington Post-ABC News-Ipsos poll reveals that 61 percent of Americans believe Trump\u2019s use of military force against Iran was a mistake.<\/p>\n<h3>Key Developments:<\/h3>\n<h4>In Iran<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Fourteen soldiers were reported killed on Friday during operations to defuse unexploded ordnance in the northwestern Zanjan province, according to local media.<\/li>\n<li>Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei urged his people to wage an economic battle and &#8216;disappoint&#8217; its enemies, as the ongoing conflict with the US and Israel, alongside years of sanctions, takes its toll.<\/li>\n<li>The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Navy announced it would enforce &#8216;new rules&#8217; over waters near its coast, aiming to transform them into a &#8216;source of security and prosperity&#8217; for the region.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>War Diplomacy<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>The US Department of State imposed new measures on entities linked to Iranian petroleum exports, including China-based Qingdao Haiye Oil Terminal. The terminal is accused of importing millions of barrels of sanctioned crude, enabling billions in revenue for Tehran. Beijing rejected these &#8216;unilateral sanctions&#8217; as unlawful.<\/li>\n<li>The State Department also announced it had cleared more than $8.6 billion in military sales to Israel, Qatar, Kuwait, and the United Arab Emirates.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>In the US<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>President Trump reiterated his dissatisfaction with Iran\u2019s new proposal for peace talks, reportedly delivered via mediator Pakistan. He stated, &#8216;They\u2019re asking for things that I can\u2019t agree to.&#8217;<\/li>\n<li>Analyst Sultan Barakat commented that both Iran and the US are &#8216;really desperate&#8217; to end the conflict in a way that allows them to &#8216;save face&#8217;.<\/li>\n<li>Trump informed top US lawmakers that hostilities in Iran had concluded, following congressional pressure to seek authorization for the conflict as it entered its third month.<\/li>\n<li>The US Treasury Department enacted new sanctions on three Iranian foreign currency exchange firms in an effort to stem the flow of Tehran\u2019s &#8216;financial lifelines&#8217;.<\/li>\n<li>The USS Gerald R Ford has reportedly left the Middle East after participating in operations against Iran. Two other aircraft carriers \u2013 the USS Abraham Lincoln and USS George HW Bush \u2013 remain among 20 US ships still in the region.<\/li>\n<li>Mark Cancian of the Center for Strategic and International Studies noted that US military capability &#8216;has not changed&#8217; as Washington returns to its typical posture of two carrier groups. He added that the Ford carrier group&#8217;s deployment had been extended twice, and &#8216;The crew and the ship are tired, so the United States is sending the group home.&#8217;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>In Lebanon<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Lebanon\u2019s Ministry of Public Health reported that 12 people were killed on Friday in Israeli strikes on the country\u2019s south, including in a town where Israel\u2019s army had issued a forced displacement order despite a ceasefire.<\/li>\n<li>Lebanon\u2019s parliament speaker, Nabih Berri, accused Israel of using the ceasefire as cover to intensify attacks.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>#IranConflict #USForeignPolicy #MiddleEastPeace #TrumpAdministration #IranSanctions #StraitOfHormuz #MilitaryDeployment #Diplomacy #LebanonStrikes #Geopolitics<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>US President Donald Trump has expressed frustration with Iran&#8217;s latest peace proposal, stating it includes demands he &#8216;can\u2019t agree to&#8217; and cautioning against a premature end to the conflict that could see tensions resurface &#8216;in three more years&#8217;. Simultaneously, Washington has warned that ships paying tolls or fees to Iran for transit through the Strait [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6390,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6389","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-middle-east-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vanak.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6389","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vanak.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vanak.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vanak.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vanak.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6389"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vanak.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6389\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vanak.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/6390"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vanak.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6389"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vanak.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6389"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vanak.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6389"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}