Senior Iranian officer says renewed war with US ‘likely’

A senior Iranian military officer said on Saturday that renewed fighting with the US was "likely", hours after President Donald Trump said he was not satisfied with an Iranian negotiating proposal. Iran delivered the new draft to mediator Pakistan on Thursday evening, state media reported, without detailing its contents. Read moreIran delivers new proposal for US talks, Trump says ‘not satisfied’ with offer The war, launched by the United States and Israel in late February, has been on hold since April 8, with one failed round of peace talks having taken place in Pakistan. "At this moment I'm not satisfied with what they're offering," Trump told reporters, blaming the stalled talks on "tremendous discord" within Iran's leadership. He added that the decision he faced was between whether to "just blast the hell out of them" or to "try and make a deal", saying he would rather not take the first option. On Saturday morning, Mohammad Jafar Asadi, a senior figure in the Iranian military's central command, said "a renewed conflict between Iran and the United States is likely", in quotes published by Iran's Fars news agency. "Evidence has shown that the United States is not committed to any promises or