'Totally unacceptable!' Iran peace hopes in crisis as Tehran bitterly rejects Donald Trump's deal

TRENDING Stories Videos Your Say Iran's proposal also includes a demand for compensation for war damages and an emphasis on Iranian sovereignty over the strait.Mr Trump then branded that totally unacceptable.I have just read the response from Iran's so-called 'representatives'. I don't like it - TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE! Thank you for your attention to this matter, the President wrote on Sunday.That then sparked a bitter backlash from Tehran, which claimed the US proposal would have meant Iran surrender to Mr Trump's excessive demands.A source told the country's Tasnim news agency: No one in Iran drafts plans to please Trump, adding that his response doesn't matter at all.By late on Sunday night, oil prices had already surged, with Brent crude jumping by 3 in Asia to a near-week-long high of 104.50 a barrel.Addressing whether combat operations against Iran were over, Mr Trump said in remarks aired on Sunday: They are defeated, but that doesn't mean they're done.While Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu said the war was not over because there was more work to be done to remove enriched uranium from Iran, dismantle enrichment sites and address Iran's proxies and ballistic missile capabilities.The best way to remove the enriched uranium would be through diplomacy, Mr Netanyahu said in an interview with CBS News - though left the door open to removing it by force.Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian then blasted that Iran would never bow down to the enemy and would defend national interests with strength.READ MORE FROM IRAN:UK and France to hold crunch defence talks as HMS Dragon deployed to Strait of HormuzDonald Trump unleashes devastating new strikes on Iran as full-blown conflict threatens to reigniteIranian dissident fears Britain faces deadly ‘revenge’ if his country’s leadership is not wiped outAfter Tehran sent its counterproposal, the Israeli PM rushed out of a meeting to return to Jerusalem to hold what was billed as an urgent phone call with Mr Trump.But the US President's eye will be focused further east - Mr Trump will travel to Beijing on Wednesday for a crucial summit with China's President Xi Jinping.China maintains ties with Iran and remains a major consumer of its oil exports. Mr Trump has already pushed China to use its influence to pull Tehran back from the brink and make a deal with Washington.The crunch talks are also set to cover Taiwan and nuclear weapons - as well as China's dealings with Russia.The President has spoken multiple times with General Secretary Xi Jinping about the topic of Iran and about the topic of Russia, to include the revenue that China provides to both those regimes, as well as dual-use goods, components and parts, not to mention the potential of weapons exports, one US official said. I expect that conversation to continue.Mr Xi, meanwhile, is said to be frustrated with Washington over Taiwan.The US is by far the largest backer and arms supplier of the independent island, which Beijing claims as its own territory.China has ramped up its military presence near Taiwan in recent years, but the official stressed that US policy will not change.But on nuclear weapons, China is reluctant to talk about its stockpile - amid a series of secretive tests in its vast deserts.The Chinese Government has said privately to the US they have no interest in sitting down and discussing any kind of nuclear arms control or anything along those lines at this point, the official said. Our Standards: The GB News Editorial Charter