play Live Sign upShow navigation menuplay Live Click here to searchsearchSign upplay videoplay videoVideo Duration 28 minutes 10 seconds play-arrow28:10Inside StoryWhy has Trump rejected Iran’s peace proposal?Read moreUnacceptable.
That was the immediate reaction from US President Donald Trump to Iran’s proposal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz.
Tehran says it’s still awaiting what it called a ‘definitive repsonse’ from Washington, through mediators.
But Trump has said Iran needs a deal because, in his words, it’s losing badly.
So, is his rejection of the proposal an effort to pressure Tehran for more concessions?
Abas Aslani – Senior Research Fellow at the Center for Middle East Strategic Studies
Ambassador Henry Ensher – Former U.S. diplomat and former U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of State
Zeidon Alkinani – Founding Director of the Arab Perspectives Institute
