Iran receives official US response to proposal to end Middle East war
Iran says it has received the official US response to its seven-condition proposal to end the Middle East war and reopen the Strait of Hormuz.
Iranian authorities said on Wednesday 30 September that they had received the official United States response to their proposal to end the Middle East war, state media reported, days after US President Donald Trump publicly rejected the plan. (Channel NewsAsia, ETV Bharat)
Government spokeswoman Fatemeh Mohajerani told the official IRNA news agency: “At today’s cabinet meeting, the American side’s proposal was presented to President Masoud Pezeshkian by Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi.” The content of the US reply was not specified. (Channel NewsAsia)
Iran’s proposal set out seven conditions for ending hostilities and reopening the Strait of Hormuz, including a ceasefire across the Middle East — including Lebanon, where Hezbollah is battling Israeli forces — unfreezing Iranian assets abroad, lifting sanctions on its oil sector, and ending the US naval blockade. (Channel NewsAsia)
The conflict, now in roughly its seventh month, began with US-Israeli strikes on Iran in late February; Tehran imposed a blockade of the strait, and Washington responded with a blockade on Iranian ports. Indirect US-Iran talks resumed last week on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly, with Tehran awaiting an official reply through Qatari mediators. (Channel NewsAsia, Türkiye Today)
An official briefed on the talks told Reuters the main disagreement is the sequence of implementation, not the measures themselves. (Siasat)
Fighting has subsided in recent weeks, though Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said on Wednesday they have been striking small vessels attempting to pass through the strait. (Channel NewsAsia) Mr Trump has said the war will end “very soon”. (Gulf News)
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