Iran submits 14-point ultimatum to US demanding sanctions lifted

Iran has submitted a 14-point proposal to the United States calling for the resolution of all issues between the two countries within 30 days and demanding the lifting of sanctions, an end to the U.S. naval blockade of Iranian ports, and the withdrawal of American forces from the region, according to Iran's state-linked media. President Donald Trump expressed skepticism about the offer on Saturday, stating on social media that Iran has "not yet paid a big enough price for what they have done to Humanity, and the World, over the last 47 years." The proposal, presented as a rebuttal to a U.S. nine-point plan, was transmitted through Pakistan, which hosted face-to-face talks between the two nations last month. The proposal comes as a three-week ceasefire appears to hold, though the Strait of Hormuz remains a critical flashpoint. Iran has declared it will not return the strategic waterway to its prewar conditions and continues to demand toll payments from non-American, non-Israeli ships. The U.S. Treasury Department estimates Iran has collected less than $1.3 million in tolls, a fraction of its former oil revenues, while Iran's currency has continued to tumble, trading at 1,840,000 rials to the dollar on Sunday. Meanwhile, Iran's Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi was hospitalized after fainting twice in prison, with the Norwegian Nobel Committee urging authorities to transfer her for medical treatment, warning her life remains at risk. A devastating humanitarian crisis is unfolding across Iran following weeks of Israeli and American airstrikes that have crippled the country's healthcare infrastructure. The Pasteur Institute in Tehran, central to Iran's vaccine production and disease surveillance, has been nearly destroyed, while strikes on pharmaceutical factories have left millions of chronic disease patients without essential medications. The World Health Organization estimates approximately 334 emergency centers and clinics have been damaged or destroyed, and with 3.2 million people displaced from their homes, disease outbreaks including measles and hepatitis are spreading rapidly through overcrowded temporary shelters. The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs reported over 2,360 civilians killed and more than 32,000 wounded as of early April, while toxic air pollution from burning oil reserves continues to choke Tehran's remaining population.