ERBIL, Kurdistan Region of Iraq – US President Donald Trump on Sunday denied the suggestion that combat operations are over in Iran, hinting at a possible two-week campaign aimed at “specific targets” in an interview aired after Iran announced it has responded to a US peace proposal.

Responding to journalist Sharyl Attkisson’s question of whether it was accurate to say that the US combat operations were done in Iran, Trump said that he “didn’t say that,” clarifying, “I said they are defeated, but that doesn’t mean they’re done.”

“We could go in for two more weeks and do every single target,” he warned, noting that while 70 percent of the sites in their crosshairs were hit, “we have other targets that we could conceivably hit,” describing them as “final touches.”

Trump’s warning came hours after Iranian authorities responded to a US peace proposal focusing on “ending the war and maritime security,” according to Iranian semi-official media, with Pakistani mediators set to present the response to Washington.

The Iranian reply entailed points regarding "ending the war and maritime security," ISNA reported.

"We will never bow down to the enemy, and if there is talk of dialogue or negotiation, it does not mean surrender or retreat," Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said Sunday.

Iran had sent the US a 14-point peace proposal last week, according to the semi-official Iranian Fars News agency, which was a response to another peace plan by the US as part of ongoing exchanges between the two sides through Pakistani mediators.

Trump said that while he will be reviewing the 14-point proposal, he “can't imagine that it would be acceptable in that they have not yet paid a big enough price for what they have done to humanity.”

Negotiations between Washington and Tehran have stalled since the ceasefire began, with no clear timeline for when face-to-face talks might resume.