Donald Trump believes Iran has not ‘paid a big enough price’ during war

Donald Trump, the current U.S. President, has said Iran has “not yet paid a big enough price” despite reviewing a new peace proposal offered by Tehran.

The U.S. president has been touting the possibility of carrying out fresh strikes on Iran, with his efforts to pressure the country’s regime into agreeing a deal favourable for the U.S. having so far failed.

“I will soon be reviewing the plan Iran has just sent to us but can’t imagine that it would be acceptable in that they have not yet paid a big enough price for what they have done to humanity, and the world, over the last 47 years,” he wrote on Truth Social.

Additionally, he told reporters on Saturday that there was a “possibility” he could order more strikes against Iran, particularly “if they misbehave, if they do something bad.”

Efforts by mediators in Pakistan to bring delegations from the Washington and Tehran back to the negotiating table have been fruitless since a round of talks in Islamabad in April collapsed.

Iranian officials have offered a similarly gloomy forecast for efforts towards peace, warning on Saturday that a renewal of the war was “likely.”

One official said that an Iranian proposal so far rejected by 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.

Tehran had previously made clear it is prepared to open the Strait of Hormuz.

While saying repeatedly he is in no hurry, Donald Trump is under domestic pressure to break Iran's hold on the strait, which has blocked passage for 20 per cent of the world's oil and gas supplies and pushed up energy prices.