US Iran war news highlights: Trump rejects Iranian response to US peace proposal; Tehran warns of new attacks

US Iran war news LIVE updates: Iran responded to Washington’s latest peace proposal earlier in the day, while warning that it would retaliate against any fresh US strikes and would not allow more foreign warships in the Strait of Hormuz.

Despite ongoing behind-the-scenes diplomacy, Tehran continued to publicly maintain a defiant stance.

"We will never bow down to the enemy, and if there is talk of dialogue or negotiation, it does not mean surrender or retreat," Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said on X on Sunday.

US Iran war news LIVE updates: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he wants US financial support for Israel’s military to end over the next decade.

“I want to draw down the American support for Israel to zero,” he said in an interview on CBS’s 60 Minutes that aired on Sunday. “We’ve come of age.”

He added, “I think that it’s time that we weaned ourselves from the remaining military support and go from aid to partnership.”

The US currently gives Israel $3.8 billion every year in military assistance under a 10-year agreement negotiated during the Obama administration, which remains in place until 2028.

US Iran war news LIVE updates: Saudi Arabia on Monday condemned the attacks targeting the territories and territorial waters of the UAE, Qatar and Kuwait, and repeated its support for the Gulf nations in steps taken to safeguard their security.

In a statement, the Saudi Arabia Ministry of Foreign Affairs described the attacks as "treacherous" and condemned them, saying, "The Ministry of Foreign Affairs expresses the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia's strongest condemnation of the treacherous attacks targeting the territories and territorial waters of each of the United Arab Emirates, the State of Qatar, and the State of Kuwait, renewing the Kingdom's support for all measures taken by the fraternal Gulf states to protect their security and stability."

US Iran war news LIVE updates: Two more tankers laden with crude exited the Strait of Hormuz last week with trackers switched off to avoid Iranian attacks, Kpler shipping data showed.

The very large crude carrier (VLCC) Basrah Energy loaded 2 million barrels of Upper Zakum crude from Abu Dhabi National Oil Co's (ADNOC's) Zirku terminal on May 1 and exited the Strait of Hormuz on May 6, the data showed on Monday.

The Panama-flagged vessel offloaded its cargo at the Fujairah Oil Tanker Terminals on May 8, according to the data.

(With Reuters inputs)

US Iran war news LIVE updates: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Iran's stockpile of uranium must be "taken out" before the US-Israeli war against Iran can be considered over.

"It's not over because there's still nuclear material -- enriched uranium -- that has to be taken out of Iran. There's still enrichment sites that have to be dismantled," the Israeli leader told CBS News programme "60 Minutes".

US Iran war news LIVE updates: Iran’s army said its air defence systems shot down an “enemy reconnaissance drone” in the country’s southwest earlier on Sunday.

In a statement, the army’s public relations office said the drone was intercepted by Iran’s integrated air defence network, which operates under the command of the country’s joint air defence headquarters.

US Iran war news LIVE updates: The UK and France will on Tuesday host a multinational meeting of defence ministers on military plans to restore trade flows through the Strait of Hormuz, the British government said.

"The Defence Secretary John Healey will co-chair a meeting of over 40 nations, alongside his French counterpart, Minister Catherine Vautrin, for the multinational mission's first Defence Minister's meeting," a defence ministry statement said Sunday.

The announcement came hours after Iran warned London and Paris against sending warships to the region..

US Iran war news LIVE updates: An Iranian proposal delivered to the United States through mediator Pakistan called for ending the war on all fronts and removing sanctions imposed on Tehran, Iran's semi-official Tasnim news agency reported on Sunday, citing an informed source.

On Sunday, US President Donald Trump rejected the Iranian response, calling it “totally unacceptable”.

Read what's inside Iranian response to the proposal here.

US Iran war news LIVE updates: Trump on Sunday rejected Iran's response to a U.S. proposal for peace talks to end the war, as two ships were allowed to pass through the blockaded Strait of Hormuz.

"I have just read the response from Iran’s so-called “Representatives.” I don’t like it — TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE," Trump posted on Truth Social, without giving further detail.

Iranian state media said the response focused on ending the war on all fronts, especially Lebanon, and on the safety of shipping through the strait, Iranian state TV said, without indicating how or when the vital waterway might reopen.

US Iran war news LIVE updates: US President Donald Trump said on Sunday that he had reviewed Iran’s response to Washington’s peace proposal aimed at ending the war, adding that he “does not like it”.

More details here.

US Iran war news LIVE updates: Iran offered to transfer some of its stockpile of highly enriched uranium to a third country in its response to the latest US proposal to end 10 weeks of war, but rejected the idea of dismantling its nuclear facilities, the Wall Street Journal reported.

As a series of incidents continues to threaten a shaky ceasefire, Tehran hasn’t yet given any public indication it would accept Donald Trump’s plan. The US president proposed that Iran permit passage through the Strait of Hormuz and Washington end its blockade on Iranian ports in the next month.

Under the new proposal, Iran would dilute some of its highly enriched uranium and have the rest sent to a third country, the paper said, citing people familiar with the response, but it also called for guarantees the transferred uranium would be returned if talks fail and ruled out dismantling its facilities.

(With Bloomberg inputs)

US Iran war news LIVE updates: Iran's imprisoned Nobel Peace Prize winner Narges Mohammadi has been moved to a hospital in the capital, Tehran, and has been granted a suspension of her sentence on heavy bail, a foundation run by her family said on Sunday.

Mohammadi, 54, won the ‌prize in 2023 while in prison for a campaign to advance women's rights and abolish the death penalty. She suffered a heart attack two weeks ago.

Her family had called for her to be transferred from Zanjan, northwest of Tehran, where she was serving her sentence and where she had been initially taken to hospital, so that she could receive better medical care.

US Iran war news LIVE updates: Iran’s response to a US proposal delivered through Pakistani mediation included a condition linked to a ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon, Hezbollah-affiliated Al Mayadeen reported, citing sources.

• According to the report, Tehran considered the inclusion of the Lebanon ceasefire issue one of its key red lines during the negotiations.
• The report said Iran insisted that any agreement with Washington must include an immediate end to the war once the deal is announced.
• The response also called for the removal of US sanctions and the release of frozen Iranian assets, the report said.
• Tehran further demanded the removal of Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) restrictions tied to Iranian oil exports, according to the sources.
• The report added that Iran's response included a condition giving Tehran control over the Strait of Hormuz under the proposed arrangement.
• The proposed deal reportedly includes a 30-day negotiation period after the fighting ends to work out further details.
• According to the report, talks between Tehran and Washington will continue in written form through the Pakistani mediator for the time being.

US Iran war news LIVE updates: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is expected to hold a call with US President Donald Trump within the next hour, the Jerusalem Post reported, citing a source familiar with the matter.

US Iran war news LIVE updates: Donald Trump is expected to press Chinese President Xi Jinping on Iran when he visits Beijing next week, a senior administration official said Sunday, as the US president seeks a deal to end the Middle East war.

"I would expect the president to apply pressure," the official said in a call with reporters, speaking on condition of anonymity, adding that Trump has done so in previous calls with the Chinese leader.

(With AFP inputs)

US Iran war news LIVE updates: US President Donald Trump on Sunday accused Iran of "playing games" and laughing at America for decades, but said it soon would be made to stop -- without commenting directly on reports of Tehran's response to Washington's latest peace proposal.

"Iran has been playing games with the United States, and the rest of the World, for 47 years (DELAY, DELAY, DELAY!)," Trump said on his Truth Social platform.

He also accused Tehran of "laughing at our now GREAT AGAIN Country" but added: "They will be laughing no longer!"

Full story here.

US Iran war news LIVE updates: The UN nuclear agency says Iran has more than 440 kilograms (970 pounds) of uranium that is enriched up to 60% purity, a short, technical step from weapons-grade levels.

In an interview with state media posted late Saturday, an Iranian military spokesperson said its forces were on “full readiness” to protect nuclear sites where uranium is stored.

“We considered it possible that they might intend to steal it through infiltration operations or heli-borne operations,” Brig. Gen. Akrami Nia told the IRNA news agency.

US Iran war news LIVE updates: Tehran's counter-proposal, according to Iranian state news agency ISNA, centres on two demands. One, an immediate and permanent end to hostilities. And two, restoration of maritime security in the Persian Gulf and the Strait of Hormuz.

Iranian officials have been explicit that this phase of negotiations covers only the mechanics of ending the war. The nuclear questions, sanctions relief, and broader regional issues are deliberately deferred to a later stage.

US Iran war news LIVE updates: President Emmanuel Macron on Sunday said that France had "never envisaged" a naval deployment in the Strait of Hormuz but rather a security mission that would be "coordinated with Iran".

At a news conference in Nairobi, Macron said he was sticking to his position after Iran warned of a "decisive and immediate response" to any French or British deployments in the strategic waterway.

US Iran war news LIVE updates: Pakistan has received Iran’s response to the United States' proposal on the Iran war and the response has been sent to the US, a Pakistani government official involved in the talks told Reuters on Sunday.

The source did not provide further detail about the proposal.

US Iran war news LIVE updates: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday said that the Iran war is 'not over,' adding that uranium must be removed.
In an excerpt of an interview with CBS scheduled to air later Sunday, Netanyahu said the war isn't over because the enriched uranium needs to be taken out of Iran. “Trump has said to me, ‘I want to go in there,’ and I think it can be done physically,” he said.

US Iran war news LIVE updates: President Donald Trump on Sunday said that US is closely monitoring Iran's stockpile of enriched uranium, adding that Washington would know if anyone approached the site and will “blow them up.”

"We'll get that at some point... We have it surveilled. I did a thing called Space Force, and they are watching that... If anybody got near the place, we will know about it — and we'll blow them up," Trump said.

US Iran war news LIVE updates: Iran responded to Washington's latest peace proposal on Sunday, after drones threatened several Gulf region targets and Tehran warned it would not hold back from retaliating against any new US strikes.

According to state broadcaster IRIB, Tehran's response, passed to Pakistani mediators, focuses on ending the war "on all fronts, especially Lebanon" -- where Israel has kept up its fight with Iran-backed Hezbollah -- as well as on "ensuring shipping security".

US Iran war news LIVE updates: Iran's proposed response to the United States focuses on ending the war across all fronts, with particular emphasis on halting hostilities in Lebanon, according to Iranian state media.

US Iran war news LIVE updates: A South Korean cargo ship hit in the Strait of Hormuz six days ago was struck by unidentified aircraft, the foreign ministry in Seoul said on Sunday, days after the fire-damaged HMM Namu arrived in Dubai.

US President Donald Trump has claimed that Iran had "taken some shots" at the Panama-flagged vessel and urged South Korea to join American operations aimed at restoring normal shipping through the strait.