Published: 12:14 AM, 03 May 2026
Iran official says renewed conflict with US 'likely'
A senior Iranian official said that fighting with the US was "likely" to resume after US President Donald Trump said he was dissatisfied with Tehran's new proposal, Iranian media reported on Saturday.
Iran's Fars news agency cited Mohammad Jafar Asadi, a senior figure in the Iranian military's central command, as saying that "a renewed conflict between Iran and the United States is likely." This comes after Reuters reported that an Iranian proposal rejected by US President Donald Trump would open shipping in the Strait of Hormuz and end the US blockade of Iran while leaving talks on Iran's nuclear program for later, a senior Iranian official said on Saturday.
Four weeks since the United States and Israel suspended their bombing campaign against Iran, no deal has been reached to end a war that has caused the biggest disruption ever to global energy supplies. Iran has been blocking nearly all shipping from the Gulf apart from its own for more than two months. Last month, the US imposed its own blockade of ships from Iranian ports.
Trump said on Friday that he was "not satisfied" with Iran's latest proposal, without detailing which elements he opposes.
"They're asking for things that I can't agree to," he told reporters at the White House.
Washington has repeatedly said it will not end the war without a deal that prevents Iran from ever obtaining a nuclear weapon, the primary aim Trump cited when he launched the strikes in February in the midst of nuclear talks. Iran says its nuclear program is peaceful.
Speaking on condition of anonymity to discuss confidential diplomacy, the senior Iranian official said Tehran believed its latest proposal to shelve nuclear talks for a later stage was a significant shift aimed at facilitating an agreement.
