A top Iranian military commander said Saturday that a return to hostilities with the U.S. was likely, shortly after President Donald Trump expressed displeasure with recent an Iranian diplomat prelude.
Mohammad Jafar Asadi, a key central figure in the command, said “a renewed conflict between Iran and the United States is likely.” Farce press agency.
“The evidence has shown that the United States is not bound by any promises or agreements,” Asadi added.
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Trump says ‘displeased’
Tehran submitted a revised proposal Pakistani mediators on Thursday evening, according to state media, although specific terms were not disclosed.
The conflict, launched by the US and Israel in late February, has been suspended since April 8 after a single failed peace summit in Pakistan.
Iran’s Judiciary Chief Gholamhossein Mohseni Ejei noted on Friday that while his nation has “never shied away from talks”, it would reject any “dictated” peace terms.
The White House has been tight-lipped about the details of the proposal, but Axios announced the American envoy Steve Witkoff proposed amendments to the previous draft that would reintroduce Tehran’s nuclear program into the discussions.
“I’m not happy with what they’re offering at this point,” Trump he told reporters, blaming the stalled talks on “huge disagreements” within Iran’s leadership.
“Do we want to go and just blow the hell out of them and finish them off for good – or do we want to try to make a deal?” he added that he would “rather not” take the first option “on a human basis”.
The amendments reportedly require Iran to refrain from moving enriched uranium from damaged facilities or restarting operations there while negotiations are active.
Word of the Iranian offer sent oil prices down nearly five percent, yet they remain roughly 50 percent higher than pre-war rates due to the ongoing shutdown of oil production. Strait of Hormuz.
Iran has controlled the strait since the start of the war, cutting off vital global supplies of oil, gas and fertilizer while the US maintains a retaliatory blockade of Iranian ports.
Speaking at a rally on Friday, Trump joked “we’re like pirates” as he recounted a helicopter mission against a tanker as part of the current naval blockade.
Despite a naval truce, fighting continues in Lebanon, where Israel has carried out deadly airstrikes despite a significant truce with Iran’s Hezbollah group.
Lebanese health officials reported 13 dead in southern strikes, specifically in Habboush, where the Israeli army had earlier ordered residents to evacuate.
At the same time, Washington confirmed late Friday that it had approved major arms exports to Middle Eastern partners, including a $4 billion package of Patriot missiles for Qatar and $1 billion of precision munitions for Israel.
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In Washington, politicians are debating a legal crisis over whether Trump has exceeded a deadline to obtain congressional authorization for war.
White House aides say the current truce suspends the 60-day legal limit for authorization — an interpretation disputed by Democratic opponents.
Trump remains under heightened domestic scrutiny as inflation rises, military victory remains elusive and midterm elections loom.
“Since April 7, 2026, there has been no exchange of fire between United States forces and Iran,” Trump said in letters to congressional leaders, adding that hostilities “have ended.”
