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Renewed war ‘probable’ as US fails to uphold commitments: Iranian cmdr.
A senior Iranian military officer said on Saturday that renewed fighting with the US was "likely", hours after President Donald Trump said he was not satisfied with an Iranian negotiating proposal.
“A renewed conflict between Iran and the US is probable as evidence has shown that America is not committed to any promises or agreement. The actions and statements of American officials are mostly made for the use in media in order to prevent a drop in oil price and to exit the quagmire they created themselves,” Deputy for Inspection of the Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters General Mohammad Jafar Asadi said.
Asadi also clarified Iran’s response to any renewed adventure by the US, saying that the country’s Armed Forces are in full readiness to confront any hostile action.
His remarks came after Iran delivered the new proposal to mediator Pakistan on Thursday evening, which was not welcomed by the US president.
"At this moment I'm not satisfied with what they're offering," Trump told reporters.
The war, launched by the United States and Israel in late February, has been on hold since April 8, with one failed round of peace talks having taken place in Pakistan since then.
Iran's judiciary chief Gholamhossein Mohseni Ejei said on Friday that his country had "never shied away from negotiations", but would not accept an "imposition" of peace terms.
The White House has declined to provide details on the latest Iranian proposal, but news site Axios reported that US envoy Steve Witkoff had submitted amendments to a previous one putting Tehran's nuclear program back on the negotiating table.
The changes reportedly include demands that Iran not move enriched uranium from bombed sites or resume activity there during talks.
News of the Iranian proposal briefly pushed oil prices down nearly five percent, though they remain about 50 percent above pre-war levels amid the ongoing closure of the Strait of Hormuz.
Iran has maintained a stranglehold on the strait since the war began, choking off major flows of oil, gas and fertilizer to the world economy, while the United States has imposed a counter-blockade on Iranian ports.
Speaking at a rally on Friday, Trump said, "We're like pirates," as he described an earlier helicopter raid on an oil tanker under the blockade.