Iran-U.S. peace talks deadlocked after Trump rejects ‘totally unacceptable’ proposal
He accused the Iranian leaders of agreeing to hand over their enriched uranium — a major sticking point between the two sides — before they went back on the offer. “Two days ago, they said, ‘You’re going to have to take it,’” he told reporters in the Oval Office, saying the Iranians told him that only the U.S. and China had the capabilities to do so. “But they changed their mind because they didn’t put it in the paper” document. Trump also dismissed criticism that he does not have a clear path to end the conflict. “You know, people say, what’s the plan?” he said. “I have the best plan ever. It’s a very simple plan: Iran cannot have a nuclear weapon, and they won’t have a nuclear weapon.” Trump had called Iran’s proposal “TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE!” on Truth Social on Sunday. “I have just read the response from Iran’s so-called ‘Representatives,’” he said without giving details of what the plan contained. “I don’t like it.” That drew a response from Iran on Monday. The Iranian …
