Middle East crisis live: Trump rejects Iran response to US peace proposal as Tehran warns of new attacks

US president calls Iranian response ‘totally unacceptable’ while Tehran says it will retaliate against any new US strikes or foreign warships in strait of Hormuz

• Trump calls Iran’s response to peace plan ‘totally unacceptable’ as ceasefire frays

Al Jazeera is carrying some comments from the Iranian foreign ministry spokesperson Esmail Baghaei, who is speaking about the Iranian proposal ⁠to ⁠end the war that the US has emphatically rejected.

“Demanding an end to the war, lifting the (US) blockade and piracy, and ⁠releasing Iranian assets that have ⁠been unjustly frozen in banks due to US pressure,” Baghaei was quoted as having ⁠said.