Trump Rejects Iran Response, Juge Oil Rises 3.29 Percent
Donald Trump rejected Iran’s response to U.S. proposals on Sunday, saying on Truth Social that he had read the reply from the “so-called representatives of Iran” and that it was “totally unacceptable.” The dispute over the war’s end now sits back in the open, with oil traders already reacting and Brent crude moving higher.
Brent crude rose 3.29 percent to 104.62 dollars US on Sunday around 22 h 20 Eastern time. The move came as markets watched the chance of a rapid easing around the Strait of Hormuz, which normally carries one-fifth of the world’s consumed oil, recede after Iran said it had answered the American plan.
Trump’s Sunday rebuff
Trump’s post was blunt. “Je viens de lire la réponse des soi-disant “représentants” de l’Iran. Je ne l’aime pas – C’EST TOTALEMENT INACCEPTABLE !” he wrote on Sunday evening, making clear that the White House position had shifted from waiting for an answer to rejecting the one Iran delivered.
Iran said on Sunday that it had responded to the American plan, but it did not publish the details publicly. Iran’s public television said the response, transmitted through the Pakistani mediator, focused on ending the war on all fronts, especially in Lebanon, and on guaranteeing the safety of maritime navigation. That leaves the two sides publicly describing the same exchange in very different terms.
Strait of Hormuz and oil prices
The market reaction was immediate. Brent crude moved up 3.29 percent to 104.62 dollars US around 22 h 20 Eastern time, as traders treated Trump’s rejection as a sign that a quick diplomatic opening was slipping further away. The Strait of Hormuz sits at the center of that reading because the article says it normally carries one-fifth of the world’s consumed oil.
The Iranian response, as described by public television, pointed to maritime navigation and a broader regional ceasefire, while The reported that Tehran’s proposal included a gradual reopening of the Strait of Hormuz and the simultaneous lifting of the U.S. navy’s blockade of Iranian ports. The same report said Tehran was ready to dilute part of its enriched uranium and send the rest to a third country.
Nétanyahou’s uranium demand
Benyamin Nétanyahou added his own demand on Sunday, saying on CBS that “Il reste encore des matières nucléaires – de l’uranium enrichi – qui doivent être retirées d’Iran” and “des sites d’enrichissement à démanteler.” He also said he hoped for the end of the Iranian government and described the expected collapse of Iran’s regional proxies “comme un échafaudage” if that happened.
That posture keeps the diplomatic gap wide. Trump has rejected Iran’s answer, Iran says it answered through Pakistan, and Nétanyahou is still pressing for removal of enriched material and the dismantling of enrichment sites. The next public step in this exchange will be whether the United States, Iran, or the Pakistani mediator puts any new text on the table after Sunday’s rejection.
