US EditionIran offers to end chokehold on Strait of Hormuz and asks US to end blockade
Iran says the offer would reopen the key shipping route and extend the ceasefire, while leaving nuclear talks for a later stage, officials said.
- 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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The Latest: Iran wants Strait of Hormuz reopening tied to an end to the war, officials say
Iran has offered to end its chokehold on the Strait of Hormuz without addressing its nuclear program. Two officials with knowledge of the proposal said Monday that Iran also wants the United States to ends its blockade of the country…
The Latest: Iran wants Strait of Hormuz reopening tied to US ending the war, officials say
Iran has offered to end its chokehold on the Strait of Hormuz in exchange for the U.S. lifting its blockade on the country and an end to the war, two regional officials said Monday. Under the proposal, discussions on the larger question of Iran's nuclear program would come later. U.S. President Donald Trump seems unlikely [...]
Iran moved a tab to unblock the dialogue with the U.S. and placed Ormuz as a key element of the negotiation. Iranians drafted a new proposal based on a phase-by-phase approach: first end the conflict definitively, then approach the control of the strait and, after these two steps, address the negotiation of the nuclear program. Sources close to the negotiation revealed to the Axios portal, close to the White House, that the Pakistani mediators h…
New Iranian Proposal to US Skips Nuclear Talks, Seeks Strait of Hormuz Deal
Iran has given the United States a new proposal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and end the ongoing war, temporarily bypassing nuclear negotiations to secure a faster deal, Axios reported on April 27. Current diplomatic efforts are at a stalemate, with Iranian leadership divided over what nuclear concessions should be placed on the table. The new proposal aims to bypass this deadlock, offering a quicker path to de-escalation by focusing strictly …
Iran has given the US a proposal to open the Strait of Ormous and end the war, while Tehran proposes to postpone negotiations on its nuclear programme to a later date, as Axios writes with reference to sources.
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