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Iran's main negotiator connected Tuesday (May 12, 2026) issued an ultimatum to the United States to judge the conditions successful Tehran's 14-point connection for bid successful the West Asia warfare oregon look "failure".
The defiant connection came aft U.S. President Donald Trump rejected the latest counteroffer from Iran and said that a fragile ceasefire successful spot since April 8, 2026 was connected "life support".
But Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf said Washington had to judge Tehran's "rights" if it wanted to extremity much than 2 months of conflict, arsenic bid talks stay deadlocked aft an archetypal circular failed to nutrient a breakthrough past month.
"There is nary alternate but to judge the rights of the Iranian radical arsenic laid retired successful the 14-point proposal. Any different attack volition beryllium wholly inconclusive; thing but 1 nonaccomplishment aft another," said Mr. Ghalibaf successful a station connected X.
"The longer they resistance their feet, the much American taxpayers volition wage for it."
Iran has refused to backmost down successful its warfare with Washington, with subject officials informing they are prepared to respond to immoderate renewed U.S. attack.
It has choked postulation done the cardinal Strait of Hormuz commercialized route, rattling planetary markets and giving it captious leverage, portion the U.S. has imposed its ain naval blockade connected Iranian ports.
Details of the latest U.S. connection stay limited, though media reports accidental it involves a one-page memorandum of knowing aimed astatine ending the warring and establishing a model for negotiations connected Iran's atomic programme.
Iran's Foreign Ministry said its effect called for ending the warfare connected each fronts, including Lebanon, halting the U.S. naval blockade connected Iranian ports and securing the merchandise of Iranian assets frozen overseas nether longstanding sanctions.
It did not elaborate connected what Iran would connection successful return.
On Tuesday (May 12, 2026), the spokesperson for Iran's Parliamentary National Security Commission said lawmakers would see the anticipation of enriching uranium to weapons-grade levels if struggle resumed.
"One of Iran's options successful the lawsuit of different onslaught could beryllium 90% enrichment. We volition analyse it successful parliament," Ebrahim Rezaei wrote successful a station connected X.
Tehran possesses a important stockpile of uranium enriched to 60% purity, with astir 90% required for a atomic weapon.
Iran's stockpile of highly enriched uranium remains a cardinal sticking constituent successful negotiations with the United States, which insists the worldly indispensable beryllium transferred retired of the country.
Iran has truthful acold refused to determination its enriched uranium stockpile overseas and insists connected its close to the peaceful usage of atomic energy, though it has said the level of enrichment remains "negotiable".
