'I don’t like it — TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE,' US president Donald Trump wrote on Truth Social, in reply to Iranian proposals to end the war. Photograph: AP Main points US president Donald Trump swiftly rejected Iran ’s response to a peace proposal from Washington “I don’t like it — TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE,” Trump wrote on Truth Social, without giving further detail The US had proposed an end to fighting before starting talks on more contentious issues, including Iran’s nuclear program Iran’s response focused on ending the war on all fronts, including in Lebanon, where Israel is fighting Iran-backed Hizbullah Trump’s response sent sent oil prices surging on Monday amid concerns the 10-week-old conflict will drag on Oil prices are around 50 per cent higher after the US and Israel attacked Iran, which is keeping shipping in the Strait of Hormuz paralyzed Trump is expected in Beijing on Wednesday and is set to ask China to use its influence to push Iran to make a deal
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