Donald Trump has said that Iran's response to the American so-called proposal to end the war is

totally unacceptable, not giving much there in terms of room for maneuver in theory.

They're obviously Donald Trump is, I mean, I was going to say prone to hyperbole.

That's probably one of the least hyperbolic statements he's issued during the war.

It's actually quite a calm, quite a calm statement from Donald Trump.

But I guess the question is, is are we heading back to war?

Is the US and Israel heading back to war with Iran?

Was this just a breathing space to prepare for another round of attacks?

Or is a peace deal within reach?

Or are we going to end up in a neither war nor peace

stasis scenario. I'm really delighted to be joined again by the brilliant Mohammed Ali Shabani

who is an award-winning Middle East expert scholar but also editor of Amwar's media who do brilliant

coverage across the Middle East. Great speech again. How you doing?

Thank you for having me and an excellent introduction. I appreciate.

It's more than deserved. Can you just, what do you make of Donald Trump's statement?

I mean, as I've said, I mean, look, this is a guy who in the course of this war literally

calls for the genocidal extermination of Iran. So calling a peace, you know, response, sorry,

a response by Iran completely unacceptable,

it's quite low down the hyperbole register.

But I mean, do you think that suggests this,

that a peace deal actually is not in reach at all?

And what do you think about the potential of,

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