Iran on Sunday challenged the United States to choose between an "impossible" military operation or a "bad deal" in the ongoing Middle East conflict, after Donald Trump warned he might not accept a new settlement proposal from Tehran.
The situation between the two countries is still in an impasse since a ceasefire came into force on April 8, after almost 40 days of Israeli-American strikes on Iran and retaliation by Tehran in the region. Diplomatic efforts have failed to relaunch the fruitless direct talks held in Islamabad on April 11, as the differences remain strong, from the Strait of Hormuz to the nuclear aspect.
"The United States' room for maneuver in decision-making has been reduced" and Donald "Trump must choose between + an impossible military operation or a bad agreement with the Islamic Republic +", declared the intelligence service of the Revolutionary Guards in a press release relayed by state television.
The organ of the Guardian Corps, the powerful ideological army of the Islamic Republic, invokes in particular an Iranian "ultimatum" concerning the American blockade of the country's ports, and a "change of tone" from China, Russia and Europe towards Washington.
"The United States is the only pirate in the world to possess aircraft carriers. Our ability to confront pirates is no less than our ability to sink warships. Prepare to see your aircraft carriers and your forces end up in the cemetery," he said. threatened on X Mohsen Rezaei, former commander in chief of the Guardians appointed in March military advisor to the new supreme guide Mojtaba Khamenei.
- “Sufficient price” -
The American president said on Saturday that he would "soon study a plan that Iran has just sent to us." “But I cannot imagine that it is acceptable, because (the Iranians) have not yet paid a sufficient price for what they have done to Humanity and the World for 47 years” and the founding of the Islamic Republic, he added on his Truth Social platform.
Iranian news agencies reported that Iran had transmitted to Washington, via Pakistan, a 14-point plan aimed at ending the conflict within 30 days.
According to the Tasnim agency, Tehran is demanding a withdrawal of American forces from areas close to Iran, the lifting of the blockade of Iranian ports and the freezing of Iranian assets, the payment of reparations, the lifting of sanctions, a "mechanism" concerning the Strait of Hormuz and "the end of the war on all fronts including in Lebanon.
On this last front, Israel issued new "urgent" evacuation orders on Sunday for localities located beyond the sector it controls in southern Lebanon and designates as a "security zone" against pro-Iranian Hezbollah. The day before, the Israeli army
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