US President Donald Trump said on Saturday he would review the latest Iranian proposal to end the war in the Middle East but cast doubt on whether he would accept it.
"I will soon be reviewing the plan that Iran has just sent to us, but can't imagine that it would be acceptable," he wrote in a post on Truth Social.
"They have not yet paid a big enough price for what they have done to humanity, and the world, over the last 47 years."
Iranian negotiators have sent a new 14-point proposal to the US via mediator Pakistan, Iranian media reported Saturday.
An Iranian official told Reuters that the proposal would see Iran re-open the Strait of Hormuz , the US lift its naval blockade and guarantees made that the US and Israel would not re-launch the war.
The proposal does not mention the nuclear issue, which would be discussed in future talks if the two sides can resolve the immediate crises caused by the war.
"I'll let you know about it later," Trump told reporters in Florida earlier on Saturday. "They're going to give me the exact wording now," he said before boarding Air Force One.
Trump said initially on Friday that he was "not satisfied" with Iran's proposal, telling reporters in the White House that "they're asking for things that I can't agree to".
Among the demands in the latest proposal are a permanent end to the war, the lifting of sanctions and payment of compensation, the semi-official Tasnim news agency said.
Tehran is also sticking to its demand to renegotiate the status quo in the Strait of Hormuz and wants the US to lift its naval blockade on its ports.
Iran has choked traffic through the strategic waterway since the US and Israel launched the war more than 10 weeks ago and tried to impose transit fees on ships exiting the Gulf.
The closure has shut in vital supplies of oil, gas and fertilisers and triggered a global energy crisis.
The US president has several times raised the prospect of renewed strikes against Iran if it refuses to re-open the strait. US military planners have briefed the president on a range of attack options, including large-scale strikes on Iran's civilian infrastructure.
The US military has rushed new military equipment to the region ahead of a potential resumption of the war.
Iran's deputy foreign minister said Saturday it would be the US's choice about whether to agree a peace deal or return to war.
"Now the ball is in the United States' court to choose the path of diplomacy or the continuation of a confrontational approach," Kazem Gharibabadi told diplomats in Tehran, according to state broadcaster IRIB .
"Iran, with the aim of securing its national interests and security, prepared for both paths," he said.
Meanwhile, Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi continued a diplomatic offensive which over the past week has seen him talk with the top diplomats of Turkey, Egypt, Qatar and Saudi Arabia, and travel to Moscow for talks with President Vladimir Putin.
In a phone call on Friday, Araghchi discussed Tehran's latest proposal to end the war with EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas, according to Tasnim .