Iran's chief negotiator warns the United States that rejecting the proposal couldlead to failure.

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Iran’s chief negotiator on Tuesday issued an ultimatum to the United States to accept the conditions in Tehran’s 14‑point proposal for peace in the Middle East war or face “failure.”

The defiant message came after US President Donald Trump rejected the latest counteroffer from Iran and said that a fragile cease‑fire in place since April 8 was on “life support.”

Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf warned that Washington must accept Tehran’s “rights” if it wishes to end more than two months of conflict, noting that peace talks remain deadlocked after an initial round failed to achieve a breakthrough last month.

“There is no alternative but to accept the rights of the Iranian people as laid out in the 14‑point proposal. Any other approach will be completely inconclusive; nothing but one failure after another,” Ghalibaf wrote in a post on X.

“The longer they drag their feet, the more American taxpayers will pay for it.”

Iran has refused to back down in its confrontation with Washington, with military officials stating they are prepared to respond to any renewed US attack.

It has disrupted traffic through the strategic Strait of Hormuz, unsettling global markets and giving Tehran leverage, while the United States has imposed its own naval blockade on Iranian ports.

Details of the latest US proposal remain limited, but media reports indicate it is a one‑page memorandum of understanding intended to halt the fighting and set a framework for negotiations on Iran’s nuclear programme.

Iran’s foreign ministry said its response calls for ending the war on all fronts, including Lebanon, lifting the US naval blockade on Iranian ports, and securing the release of Iranian assets frozen abroad under longstanding sanctions.

The ministry did not specify what Iran would offer in return.

On Tuesday, the spokesman for Iran’s parliamentary national security commission said lawmakers would consider the option of enriching uranium to weapons‑grade levels if hostilities resume.