JUST IN: 🇺🇸🇮🇷 US War with Iran Is ‘Likely’ to Restart, Senior Tehran Official Warns

TEHRAN — A senior Iranian military official has warned that renewed hostilities with the United States are “likely” after President Donald Trump rejected Tehran’s latest peace proposal, casting further doubt on the fragile ceasefire that has halted direct fighting since early April .

The war, which began with joint U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities on February 28, has been on hold since a temporary ceasefire was declared on April 8. But that pause now appears increasingly precarious as both sides refuse to compromise on core demands.

“A renewed conflict between Iran and the United States is likely. Evidence has shown that the United States is not committed to any promises or agreements.”
— Mohammad Jafar Asadi, Senior Iranian Military Commander

🚨 What Iran Says

Asadi’s warning comes just hours after Trump publicly declared he was “not satisfied” with the latest proposal Iran delivered to U.S. mediators in Pakistan . The official, a high-level officer in Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), said Tehran’s armed forces remain on “full alert” and are fully prepared for any renewed confrontation .

Iran’s judiciary chief, Gholamhossein Mohseni Ejei, separately insisted on Friday that Tehran has “never shied away from negotiations” but would not “accept imposition” of peace terms under military or economic pressure .

🗣️ Trump’s ‘Not Satisfied’ & Public Ultimatum

On Friday, Trump dismissed the Iranian overture, telling reporters: “At this moment I’m not satisfied with what they’re offering” . He also suggested that the U.S. might be “better off not making a deal at all” .

Speaking at an event in West Palm Beach, Florida, the president laid out a stark choice: “Do we want to go and just blast the hell out of them and finish them forever — or do we want to try and make a deal?” . While Trump said he would “prefer not” to take the first option “on a human basis,” the threat underscored that military action remains on the table .

⚓ The Core Sticking Points

The underlying dispute remains entrenched in two key areas:

1. Sequencing of Peace Talks
Iran’s proposal, delivered via Pakistani mediators, sought to postpone all discussion of its nuclear program until after the war formally ends and an agreement is reached to reopen the Strait of Hormuz . U.S. officials have rejected this approach, insisting that the nuclear issue must be addressed at the outset.

2. The Strait of Hormuz Blockade
Iran has effectively closed the strait through which 20% of the world’s oil flows for over two months, while the U.S. has imposed its own blockade on Iranian ports . Tehran has reportedly codified a “new legal regime” allowing it to control the waterway — a demand Washington says it will never accept.

⏳ What Comes Next: No Deal in Sight

Despite back-channel communications continuing — including Trump’s acknowledgment that there are “ongoing contacts by phone” — analysts warn that the window for a diplomatic off-ramp is rapidly closing . The ceasefire, in place only by name, has failed to produce a single follow-up round of formal negotiations since the first talks collapsed in Islamabad in mid-April.

A White House official told Reuters that Trump has discussed extending the naval blockade for “months” rather than weeks, while the Pentagon continues to prepare “short and powerful” military options to reopen shipping lanes or target Iranian nuclear infrastructure .

With both sides publicly hardening their positions — and neither willing to compromise on what they consider existential threats — the official Iranian warning that war is “likely” to resume is beginning to sound less like a threat and more like a probability.

📋 Key Takeaways

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