Proposal to stop war gets response
After seven months of conflict, indirect talks between the US and Iran resumed last week.
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After seven months of conflict, indirect talks between the US and Iran resumed last week.
TEHRAN, Iran (AFP) — Iranian authorities said on Wednesday they received the official United States response to their proposal to end the Middle East war, state media reported, days after US President Donald Trump rejected the plan.
“At today’s cabinet meeting, the American side’s proposal was presented to President Masoud Pezeshkian by Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi,” government spokeswperson Fatemeh Mohajerani told the official IRNA news agency, without specifying the content of the reply.
After seven months of conflict, indirect talks between the US and Iran resumed last week on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly.
Iran said it has put forward seven conditions for ending hostilities and reopening the strategic Strait of Hormuz, a vital route for oil and gas exports.
The strait lies at the heart of the conflict, which began with US-Israeli strikes on the Islamic republic in late February.
Tehran imposed a blockade on Hormuz after the war started, prompting Washington to respond with its own blockade on Iranian ports.
While not all conditions have been made public, Iran is notably demanding a ceasefire across the Middle East, including in Lebanon, where its ally Hezbollah has been battling Israeli forces.
It is also demanding the unfreezing of Iranian assets abroad, the lifting of sanctions on its oil sector and an end to the US naval blockade.
Trump rejected the proposal when speaking to the press on Saturday, but Tehran had been awaiting an official response via Qatari mediators.
Fighting has subsided in recent weeks, though Tehran has continued to target ships in the strait.
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards, the ideological arm of the country’s military, said on Wednesday that they have been striking small vessels that try to pass through the strait.
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