But there could be a 30 day ‘cooling off period’ between the two sides….
Iran would STILL want control of the Strait of the Hormuz…Period….
It appears that American President Trump wants the Strait opened with safe passage….
That would deal with oil/gas prices worldwide and should take away the US Iran blockage ….
We now have the Israeli Prime Minister putting his ‘want’s’ from any deal….
Getting possession of the Iranian Uranium, something that experts have said quietly would take a huge and remarkable effort despite Netanyahu’s cavalier comment about just going in a just taking it….
We’ll have to see how the ‘give and take’ plays with Donald Trump, who IS tired of the waiting, and wants to get this off his plate so he can concentrate on the American Midterm Elections less that 6 months away, and securing a legacy White House ‘Ballroom’ with his name of it , to be paid for the US Tax payers…….
I’ll have more on this this evening…..
See the ISW piece below for the latest….
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“I don’t like” Iran’s peace plan response”
President Trump told Axios in a short phone call on Sunday that he would reject Iran’s response to the latest draft agreement to end the war.
Iran says it has responded to the latest U.S. proposal to end the war.
Iran has formally respohttps://www.axios.com/2026/05/10/trump-iran-war-us-peace-plan-tehran-response-inappropriate?stream=top&utm_source=alert&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=alerts_allnded to the latest U.S. proposal to end the war, Iranian state media said on Sunday, after a tense week of attacks and counterattacks in the Persian Gulf has rattled the fragile truce. But the announcement provided few details about whether a comprehensive agreement could follow.
Negotiators for Iran passed their response to Pakistan mediators, who have been brokering the talks, according to Iran’s state broadcaster. White House officials did not respond to a request for comment on Iran’s response.
Iranian officials have said the two countries are working on a short-term agreement that would pause fighting for another 30 days and end Iran’s blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, a key oil and gas shipping route in the Persian Gulf. The officials said the United States and Iran would try to reach a comprehensive deal during the monthlong lull…..
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Netanyahu: War with Iran ‘accomplished a great deal, but it’s not over’
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned in a clip that aired Sunday morning that the war in Iran is not yet over — and military forces may need to continue the battle on the ground.
“I think it accomplished a great deal, but it’s not over,” Netanyahu told CBS News Chief Washington Correspondent Major Garrett in his first U.S. broadcast television interview since the war with Iran began.
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Robert Kagan: “It’s hard to think of a time when the United States suffered a total defeat in a conflict, a setback so decisive that the strategic loss could be neither repaired nor ignored. The calamitous losses suffered at Pearl Harbor, the Philippines, and throughout the Western Pacific in the first months of World War II were eventually reversed. The defeats in Vietnam and Afghanistan were costly but did not do lasting damage to America’s overall position in the world, because they were far from the main theaters of global competition. The initial failure in Iraq was mitigated by a shift in strategy that ultimately left Iraq relatively stable and unthreatening to its neighbors and kept the United States dominant in the region.”
“Defeat in the present confrontation with Iran will be of an entirely different character. It can neither be repaired nor ignored. There will be no return to the status quo ante, no ultimate American triumph that will undo or overcome the harm done. The Strait of Hormuz will not be ‘open,’ as it once was.”…
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ISW….Iran Update Special Report, May 10, 2026
- US President Donald Trump stated on May 10 that Iran’s latest counterproposal is “totally unacceptable.” Individuals familiar with Iran’s counterproposal told the Wall Street Journal on May 10 that Iran’s counterproposal calls for an end to the war, the “gradual opening of the Strait of Hormuz,” and the lifting of the United States’ naval blockade on Iranian ports.
- Iran likely conducted attacks against a commercial vessel and some Gulf countries on May 10. These attacks may be intended to sustain high oil prices and thereby impose economic pressure on the United States in order to compel the United States to make concessions in negotiations.
- Iran is attempting to coerce countries into lifting economic pressure on Iran in order to be able to transit through the Strait of Hormuz. Iran is also attempting to generate revenue by imposing a toll scheme in the strait.
- Iranian media has publicized meetings between Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei and senior Iranian officials in recent days, likely to portray Mojtaba as an active decision-maker in the regime amid reports that Mojtaba has been marginalized.
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