Trump called Iran’s counter peace proposal “totally unacceptable,” dimming the prospects of an imminent deal to end the war.

President Trump said today that he "expects to hear very soon" from the Iranians about the latest U.S. peace plan.

Tehran said its conditions for a peace deal include U.S. war reparations, recognition of its sovereignty over the Strait of Hormuz and an end to American sanctions, Iranian state media reported.

An Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman dismissed President Trump’s apparent rejection of its latest proposal to end the war, saying that Tehran wasn’t “concerned with the satisfaction of others.” Esmail Baghaei said that to achieve the country’s “national interests and legitimate rights”,

President Trump has rejected Iran's counter- proposals to a US plan for potential peace talks. Writing on Truth Social, he said "I don't like it - totally unacceptable!" The White House said President Trump ‌would 'apply pressure' on his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping over Iran - Nick Marsh on our Singapore Business Desk will have more on that.

Trump's early remarks about the war threatened total destruction if Iran did not act quickly to bend to U.S. demands. He warned in April that “a whole civilization will die." But so far, Iran has not taken the bait,

Defeat in the U.S. war on Iran will look very different from past conflicts. There may not be “calamitous losses,” like those suffered during World War II or Vietnam, but President Donald Trump’s failure in Iran will still have long- and far-ranging consequences.

Mr Trump had criticised previous US policy towards Iran and insisted Tehran would be "laughing no longer". We'll get the latest on the Hantavirus outbreak and speak to a epidemiologist on the quarantine procedure which some of those on board that ship will be experiencing.