US EditionIran offers to end chokehold on Strait of Hormuz and asks US to end blockade
Pakistan-mediated talks stalled as Iran seeks relief from the U.S. blockade before nuclear negotiations resume, Axios reported, while oil prices stayed elevated.
- On Monday, Iran offered to end its chokehold on the Strait of Hormuz without addressing its nuclear program, provided the United States ends its blockade of the country.
- President Donald Trump canceled envoy travel to Islamabad this weekend, insisting any permanent ceasefire must include Iran's atomic program as part of an overall deal.
- Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi arrived in Russia on Monday to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin, having previously visited Islamabad and Muscat to coordinate diplomatic efforts.
- The U.S. military's Central Command has turned around 38 ships during the blockade, while President Trump told Fox News Channel on Sunday, "If they want to talk, they can come to us."
- Since the war began, at least 3,375 people have been killed in Iran and at least 2,509 in Lebanon, with 23 deaths in Israel and 13 U.S. service members also lost.
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Iran offers to reopen Strait of Hormuz if US lifts blockade and war ends, officials say
Iran offered to end its chokehold on the Strait of Hormuz if the U.S. lifts its blockade on the country and ends the war in a proposal that would postpone discussions on the Islamic Republic’s nuclear program, two regional officials said Monday. U.S. President Donald Trump seems unlikely to accept the offer, which was passed to the Americans by Pakistan and would leave unresolved the disagreements that led the U.S. and Israel to go to war on Feb…
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