Iran warns US of 'hell' as Araghchi urges Washington to accept peace proposal

Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi has issued a fierce warning to the United States telling the White House to either accept Tehranrsquos proposal to end hostilities on all fronts or face severe military retaliation that will rain down hellrdquoAraghchirsquos dualtrack diplomatic ultimatum and combative rhetoric followed the conclusion of the US midterm elections which he asserted had completely disrupted the pace of regional negotiationsTaking to social media platform X on Sunday the Iranian Foreign Minister declared that the ball is firmly in Washingtonrsquos court to decide between a negotiated deescalation and catastrophic regional warfareAmerican voters have made their choice Time for the White House to make its own Araghchi postedIssuing a direct warning to the Trump administration Araghchi added Our 2day proposal stands meet the requirements including an end to war on all fronts and you will see results Or choose war and see our alert and battlehardened Warriors rain down hellSoon after speaking to reporters in the Iranian capital Araghchi disclosed that diplomatic efforts to broker a cessation of hostilities have hit an impasse directly linking the standstill to political volatility in Washington according to Al JazeeraThe main reason is the US election results which have obviously come as a shock to everyone Araghchi was quoted as saying by Al JazeeraIt will take some time for things to settle down and for the atmosphere to become conducive to the mediators resuming their visits We have to wait Araghchi statedMeanwhile United States President Donald Trump said on Sunday that it is highly unlikely he will order American forces back into conflict with Iran provided tangible progress is achieved in negotiations surrounding Tehranrsquos nuclear programme and the reopening of the strategic Strait of Hormuz while revealing that the US has identified 38 Iranian bridges and key infrastructure for potential destruction CNN reportedDuring a 20minute telephone interview with the CNN anchor the US President repeated his assertion five times indicating that further military escalation would remain off the table if Tehran agreed to comprehensive diplomatic concessionsIt depends on whether or not they sign a very strong agreement Trump told CNN The answer is highly unlikely itrsquos going to be necessary Theyrsquore a failing nation It just came out you saw this year 301 inflation Highly unlikely it will be necessary I would if necessary but we hit them really hard I hit them so hard You donrsquot know how hard I hit themTrump asserted that devastating economic sanctions coupled with previous military strikes had severely degraded Tehranrsquos capabilitiesSo itrsquos highly unlikely Irsquoll have to Trump continued Theyrsquore withering away financially Wersquove hit them militarily We could finish them offTrump further disclosed We have 38 bridges on our site that we can knock down in literally one hour Theyrsquoll all be down according to CNNExplaining his hesitation to obliterate logistical conduits Trump added I donrsquot want to do that because essentially itrsquoll take 10 years to rebuild them I donrsquot like ripping down bridges And the hardest thing to build is a bridge It takes years and Irsquom a good builderThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever