{"id":566178,"date":"2026-03-26T19:04:16","date_gmt":"2026-03-26T19:04:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/566178\/"},"modified":"2026-03-26T19:04:16","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T19:04:16","slug":"trump-says-us-will-be-irans-worst-nightmare-if-it-doesnt-agree-to-peace-plan-follow-live","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/566178\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump says US will be Iran&#8217;s &#8216;worst nightmare&#8217; if it doesn&#8217;t agree to peace plan &#8211; follow live"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.files.bbci.co.uk\/core\/website\/assets\/static\/news\/incident-types\/light-mode\/analysis.77b314ef10.svg\" alt=\"Analysis\" height=\"2.5rem\" width=\"9.8125rem\" draggable=\"false\" class=\"ssrcss-h608ny-ContributorImageComponent e2hr5uu0\"\/>Trump continues his dual-track approach with Iranpublished at 15:35 GMT<\/p>\n<p>15:35 GMT<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1l98ssq-Contributor etflsgg2\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/dc285c89-adc2-4f3d-ad5a-c311772563fa.jpg.webp.webp\" width=\"64\" height=\"64\" class=\"ssrcss-egie1y-Image edrdn950\"\/>Daniel Bush<br \/>Washington correspondent<\/p>\n<p>      <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Trump hosts a cabinet meeting\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/7529755e-e937-4a91-a89c-a59db8a21a30.jpg.webp.webp\"  width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" class=\"ssrcss-egie1y-Image edrdn950\"\/>Image source, EPA\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">During that cabinet meeting (see our last few posts), Donald Trump again insisted that Iran should negotiate a deal to end the war while also warning that the US will keep \u201cblowing them away\u201d if Tehran doesn\u2019t come to the negotiating table.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Trump\u2019s remarks raised new questions about the state of indirect talks between the US and Iran. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The president insisted, as he has for days, that Iran wants to reach a deal to end the war. But Iranian officials have said the country isn\u2019t negotiating with the US. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">On Wednesday, Iran also dismissed a US peace plan that reportedly demanded the regime give up its nuclear programme and limit its ballistic missiles. At the cabinet meeting, Steve Witkoff, Trump\u2019s special envoy, confirmed that the US presented Iran with a 15-point peace plan. Witkoff didn\u2019t offer details on the proposal.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Trump didn\u2019t mention Iran\u2019s initial rejection of the plan, or his decision to deploy ground troops to the Middle East &#8211; he simply argued the ball was in Iran\u2019s court and warned the regime would face dire consequences if it doesn\u2019t agree to a ceasefire.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">\u201cIf they don\u2019t, we\u2019re their worst nightmare,\u201d Trump said. \u201cWe\u2019ll just keep blowing them away. Unimpeded, unstopped.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Left unsaid was how the US plans to bring Iran to the negotiating table &#8211; or why a new wave of attacks will change Tehran\u2019s calculus if nearly four weeks of war hasn\u2019t.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Trump continues his dual-track approach with Iranpublished at 15:35 GMT 15:35 GMT Daniel BushWashington correspondent Image source, EPA\/Shutterstock&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":566179,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[43,44,41,39,42,40],"class_list":{"0":"post-566178","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-headlines","8":"tag-headlines","9":"tag-news","10":"tag-top-news","11":"tag-top-stories","12":"tag-topnews","13":"tag-topstories"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/566178","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=566178"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/566178\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/566179"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=566178"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=566178"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=566178"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}