Iran pushing accelerated plan for ceasefire talks with US
Summary
Iran says its seven-step proposal for a ceasefire and renewed talks with the United States can now be implemented within two days, rather than a week. Tehran says the proposal depends on U.S. acceptance of its conditions, while Qatar and Pakistan continue to facilitate indirect talks amid the ongoing conflict.Key Facts
- Iran’s proposal includes reopening the Strait of Hormuz and resuming talks on Iran’s nuclear programme.
- Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei said Iran had condensed the proposal so it could be implemented within two days.
- Iran’s stated conditions include lifting the U.S. naval blockade of its ports, removing sanctions, ending strikes, and agreeing to a regional ceasefire.
- Baghaei did not say that Iran had changed its demands or that the United States had accepted the proposal.
- Iranian state news agency IRNA reported that Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei gave the government authority to accelerate talks with the United States.
- Qatar and Pakistan are helping facilitate indirect negotiations.
- President Donald Trump said the war would end “very soon one way or the other” and that Iran would either make a deal or the United States would end it.
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