Trump rejects Iran's counter-proposal in nuclear negotiations: 'it's just not acceptable'

President Donald Trump connected Monday confirmed helium spoke with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu regarding Iran and the ongoing negotiations.

In speaking to reporters aft the telephone helium said helium reiterated to Netanyahu Washington's propulsion to marque a woody debar nonstop conflict. 

"We're trying to marque a woody truthful that there's nary demolition and death. And we've told them that, and I've told them that, and I anticipation that's the mode it works out," Trump said. "But it mightiness not enactment retired that way. 

"We'll soon find out," helium added. 

Trump claimed that Iran had already returned a counter-proposal to the U.S. pursuing its rejection of a connection fixed to them past week, though the president said "it's conscionable not acceptable" and that much negotiations are needed, peculiarly regarding enrichment-related demands. 

The telephone came aft the United Nation's atomic watchdog, which is charged with monitoring each nations' atomic programs, warned connected Monday that it cannot verify whether Tehran’s programme is "entirely peaceful" contempt the regime's claims.

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Rafael Grossi is progressively acrophobic astir Iran's atomic program.  (Albert Otti/picture confederation via Getty Images)

Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Rafael Grossi, connected Monday issued a informing connection that the bureau has not lone agelong been barred access to aged and caller atomic sites, but that Iran has scrubbed locations successful an evident determination to screen up its activities.

In 2020, the IAEA recovered man-made particles of enriched uranium astatine 3 sites, including Varamin, Marivan and Turquzabad. The locations were antecedently utilized successful Iran’s atomic programme and gave the bureau credence to judge Tehran had erstwhile again turned to deadly atomic ambitions. 

"Since then, we person been seeking explanations and clarifications from Iran for the beingness of these uranium particles, including done a fig of high-level meetings and consultations successful which I person been personally involved," Grossi said. "Unfortunately, Iran has repeatedly either not answered, oregon not provided technically credible answers to, the Agency’s questions. 

"It has besides sought to sanitize the locations, which has impeded Agency verification activities," helium added. 

Grossi, who confirmed during an April travel to Washington, D.C. that the IAEA has not been progressive successful atomic negotiations betwixt the U.S. and Iran, said connected Monday that helium has been moving "closely and intensively" with some parties successful "support of their bilateral negotiation[s]."

The informing comes aft the IAEA successful a study precocious past month, besides confirmed that Iran had drastically accrued its stockpile of near-weapons-grade enriched uranium by astir 35% successful 3 months. 

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This photograph released connected Nov. 5, 2019, by the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran shows centrifuge machines successful the Natanz uranium enrichment installation successful cardinal Iran.  (Atomic Energy Organization of Iran via AP, File)

In February, the IAEA assessed that Tehran possessed 274.8 kilograms (605.8 pounds) worthy of uranium enriched to 60%, but connected May 17th it recovered Iran present has immoderate 408.6 kilograms (900.8 pounds) – meaning the authorities is conscionable a method measurement distant from being capable to marque up to 10 atomic warheads. 

Last week, Iranian ultimate person Ayatollah Ali Khamenei came retired successful beardown absorption to a U.S. connection submitted to Tehran to extremity its atomic program, though it remains unclear what details were included successful the document, including connected enrichment capabilities, and connected Sunday, Iranian parliamentary talker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf claimed the connection didn’t see immoderate authorisation relief.

The White House has remained tight-lipped astir what was included successful the document, though according to immoderate reporting, President Donald Trump gave Iran until June 11 to scope a woody with the U.S., though Fox News Digital could not independently verify these claims. 

On Monday, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei confirmed that "The U.S. proposal is not acceptable to us. It was not the effect of previous rounds of negotiations."

Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei attends a property league successful Tehran, Iran, connected May 26, 2025.  An interim atomic statement betwixt Iran and the United States is not connected Iran's agenda, Baghaei said. (Shadati/Xinhua via Getty Images)

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"We will present our own proposal to the different broadside via Oman aft it is finalized. This proposal is reasonable, logical, and balanced," Baghaei reportedly said.

Some reporting has besides suggested Iran mightiness taxable their connection arsenic soon arsenic June 10, though the Iranian UN ngo successful the U.S. would not remark connected oregon corroborate these claims.