{"id":6417,"date":"2026-05-02T09:36:18","date_gmt":"2026-05-02T09:36:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/2026\/05\/02\/iran-war-whats-happening-on-day-64-as-trump-rejects-tehrans-proposal\/"},"modified":"2026-05-02T09:36:18","modified_gmt":"2026-05-02T09:36:18","slug":"iran-war-whats-happening-on-day-64-as-trump-rejects-tehrans-proposal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/2026\/05\/02\/iran-war-whats-happening-on-day-64-as-trump-rejects-tehrans-proposal\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran war: What\u2019s happening on day 64 as Trump rejects Tehran\u2019s proposal"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><em>US President Donald Trump says the latest Iranian peace proposal includes demands he \u2018can\u2019t agree to\u2019.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div aria-live=\"polite\" aria-atomic=\"true\">\n<p data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"255\">United States President Donald Trump has voiced frustration with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/liveblog\/2026\/5\/2\/iran-war-live-trump-says-no-early-end-to-war-unhappy-with-tehran-offer\">Iran\u2019s latest peace proposal<\/a>, saying \u201cthey\u2019re asking for things I can\u2019t agree to\u201d, and cautioning against ending the conflict too early, only for tensions to resurface \u201cin three more years\u201d.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"255\">At the same time, Washington has warned that ships paying tolls or fees to Iran to transit the Strait of Hormuz could face US sanctions, signalling a tougher stance on maritime activity linked to Tehran.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"483\" data-end=\"714\" data-is-last-node data-is-only-node>Meanwhile, a new Washington Post-ABC News-Ipsos poll shows 61 percent of Americans believe Trump\u2019s use of military force against Iran was a mistake.<\/p>\n<p>Here is what we know:<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"in-iran\">In Iran<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li id=\"14-iran-soldiers-killed-in-demining-op\">Fourteen soldiers were killed on Friday during operations to defuse unexploded ordnance in the northwestern Zanjan province, local media reported.<\/li>\n<li>Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei urged his people to wage economic battle and \u201cdisappoint\u201d its enemies, as the war with the US and Israel and years of sanctions take a toll.<\/li>\n<li>The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Navy said it would enforce \u201cnew rules\u201d over waters near its coast, aiming to turn them into a \u201csource of security and prosperity\u201d for the region.\t\t  <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 id=\"war-diplomacy\">War diplomacy<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>The US Department of State imposed new measures on entities linked to Iranian petroleum exports, including China-based Qingdao Haiye Oil Terminal, accusing it of importing millions of barrels of sanctioned crude and enabling billions in revenue for Tehran. Beijing rejected the move as unlawful \u201cunilateral sanctions\u201d.<\/li>\n<li>The State Department said it cleared more than $8.6bn in military sales to Israel, Qatar, Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 id=\"in-the-us\">In the US<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Trump said he was unhappy with Iran\u2019s new proposal for peace talks, which Iran\u2019s state news agency IRNA said was delivered via mediator Pakistan. \u201cThey\u2019re asking for things that I can\u2019t agree to,\u201d he said.<\/li>\n<li>Analyst Sultan Barakat <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2026\/5\/1\/us-president-trump-not-satisfied-with-irans-latest-peace-proposal\">said Iran and the US<\/a> are \u201creally desperate\u201d to end the war in a way that allows them to \u201csave face\u201d.<\/li>\n<li>Trump told top US lawmakers that hostilities in Iran had ended, after coming under pressure from Congress to seek authorisation for the conflict as it headed into its third month.<\/li>\n<li>The US Treasury Department slapped new sanctions on three Iranian foreign currency exchange firms to try to stem the flow of Tehran\u2019s \u201cfinancial lifelines\u201d.<\/li>\n<li>The USS Gerald R Ford left the Middle East after taking part in operations against Iran, a US official said, according to reports. Two other aircraft carriers \u2013 the USS Abraham Lincoln and USS George HW Bush \u2013 are among 20 US ships still in the region.<\/li>\n<li>Mark Cancian of the Center for Strategic and International Studies said US military capability \u201chas not changed\u201d as Washington returns to its typical posture of two carrier groups.<\/li>\n<li>\u201cThe Ford carrier group had left the United States last June, and its deployment has been extended twice. The crew and the ship are tired, so the United States is sending the group home,\u201d he added.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4452962\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4452962\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/epa_69ccf1e39861-1775038947.jpg?w=770&#038;resize=770%2C513&#038;quality=80\" alt=\"epa12858426 The US Navy aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) sits anchored in Split, Croatia, 29 March 2026. The ship arrived for repairs following a non-combat fire during operations in the Red Sea. The world's largest carrier, which recently supported Operation Epic Fury, transitioned to the NATO-allied port after a March 12 laundry room fire injured three sailors and damaged sleeping quarters. The vessel remains a centerpiece of US naval power, housing over 5,000 crew members and 75 military aircraft. EPA\/STRINGER\" fetchpriority=\"low\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4452962\">USS Gerald R Ford anchored in Split, Croatia, March 29, 2026 [EP]<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2 id=\"in-lebanon\">In Lebanon<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Lebanon\u2019s Ministry of Public Health said <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2026\/5\/1\/at-least-12-killed-in-latest-israeli-attacks-on-lebanon\">12 people were killed on Friday<\/a> in Israeli strikes on the country\u2019s south, including in a town where Israel\u2019s army had issued a forced displacement order despite a ceasefire.<\/li>\n<li>Lebanon\u2019s parliament speaker, Nabih Berri, said Israel is using the ceasefire as cover to intensify attacks.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>US President Donald Trump says the latest Iranian peace proposal includes demands he \u2018can\u2019t agree to\u2019. United States President Donald Trump has voiced frustration with Iran\u2019s latest peace proposal, saying \u201cthey\u2019re asking for things I can\u2019t agree to\u201d, and cautioning against ending the conflict too early, only for tensions to resurface \u201cin three more years\u201d. &#8230; <a title=\"Iran war: What\u2019s happening on day 64 as Trump rejects Tehran\u2019s proposal\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/2026\/05\/02\/iran-war-whats-happening-on-day-64-as-trump-rejects-tehrans-proposal\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Iran war: What\u2019s happening on day 64 as Trump rejects Tehran\u2019s proposal\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6418,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6417","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-travel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6417","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6417"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6417\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6418"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6417"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6417"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6417"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}