Iran Tells U.S. to Prove It Wants Peace by Lifting Blockade
Iran says negotiations can resume only if Washington lifts its blockade, as Brent crude climbed above $110 a barrel amid shipping disruptions.
- On Wednesday, President Masoud Pezeshkian stated that Iran and the United States can "sit together and talk" only when Washington "recognizes the rights of the Iranian people and stops bullying and aggression."
- Tehran's skepticism stems from the collapse of the June Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding, where Iran agreed to reopen the Strait of Hormuz in exchange for sanctions relief the United States never delivered.
- Brent oil prices rose above $110 per barrel on Wednesday as ongoing attacks on shipping in the Strait of Hormuz continue to severely disrupt traffic through the waterway.
- Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi wrote in the Financial Times that Iran remains "prepared to give diplomacy another chance" if the United States demonstrates sincere intent to end the conflict permanently.
- President Donald Trump's recent threats to "finish the job" with airstrikes have prompted Iranian officials to vow retaliation against infrastructure in Arab Gulf countries if the Islamic Republic is attacked.
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The Straits TimesIran Tells US to Prove It Wants Peace by Lifting Blockade
U.S. President Donald Trump has frequently dangled the threat of new strikes on Iran in recent weeks.
Iran's armed forces want to target the submarine cables in the Persian Gulf in the event of an attack on civilian infrastructure. "If they (the US) want to harm our infrastructure, it goes without saying that the Islamic Republic will use all its power to easily destroy their capital and assets," said a General of the Revolutionary Guards to the state broadcaster Al-Alam.
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Iran Urges US to Lift Blockade to Break Deadlock as Threats Grow
Iran said the US must lift its naval blockade and show it’s serious about ending the war diplomatically, as a deadlock over talks and growing threats from both sides fuel fears of a return to outright conflict.
Iran tells U.S. to prove it wants peace by lifting blockade
Iran said the U.S. must lift its naval blockade and show it’s serious about ending the war diplomatically, as a deadlock over talks and growing threats from both sides fuel fears of a return to outright conflict.
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