Iran submitted a 14-point proposal that reportedly includes several non-starter demands; President Trump said he was reviewing the plan and suggested Iran has "not yet paid a big enough price." Trump later publicly called Iran’s response to the US proposal “totally unacceptable,” and Iran’s supreme leader met with a senior military commander—moves that may signal internal consolidation in Tehran. The U.S. also fast-tracked about $8 billion in arms sales to Middle East allies; together these developments raise uncertainty about whether recent diplomatic momentum can produce a negotiated settlement.
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