Tehran's latest peace proposal to the US involves ending hostilities on all fronts including Lebanon, the exit of US forces from areas close to Iran, and reparations for destruction caused by the US-Israeli war. Tehran also seeks the lifting of sanctions, the release of frozen funds, and an end to the US marine blockade on the country.
An Iran ian woman walks next to an anti-Israeli mural on a street in Tehran, Iran on May 18. DUBAI — Tehran's latest peace proposal to the US involves ending hostilities on all fronts including Lebanon , the exit of US forces from areas close to Iran , and reparations for destruction caused by the US-Israeli war, state media reported on Tuesday .
In Tehran's first comments on the proposal, Deputy Foreign Minister Kazem Gharibabadi said Tehran also sought the lifting of sanctions, the release of frozen funds and an end to the US marine blockade on the country, according to IRNA news agency. The terms as described in the Iranian reports appeared little changed from Iran's previous offer, which US President Donald Trump rejected last week as "garbage".
Trump said on Monday he had paused a planned resumption of attacks on Iran after Tehran sent a new peace proposal to Washington, and that there was now a "very good chance" of reaching a deal limiting Iran's nuclear programme. Reuters could not determine whether preparations had been made for strikes that would mark a renewal of the war Trump started in late February.
Under pressure to reach an accord that would reopen the Strait of Hormuz — a key supply route for global supplies of oil and other commodities — Trump has previously expressed hope that a deal was close on ending the conflict, and similarly threatened heavy strikes on Iran if Tehran did not reach a deal. In a social media post, Trump said the leaders of Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the UAE had requested that he hold off on the attack because "a deal will be made, which will be very acceptable to the US, as well as all countries in the Middle East, and beyond.
" Speaking to reporters later on Monday, he said the US would be satisfied if it could reach an agreement with Iran that prevented Tehran from obtaining a nuclear weapon. "There seems to be a very good chance that they can work something out. If we can do that without bombing the hell out of them, I would be very happy," Trump told reporters.
A Pakistani source confirmed that Islamabad, which has conveyed messages between the sides since hosting the only round of peace talks last month, had shared the Iranian proposal with Washington. The sides "keep changing their goalposts," the Pakistani source said, adding: "We don't have much time.
"Although neither side has publicly disclosed any concessions in negotiations that have been stalled for a month, a senior Iranian official suggested on Monday that Washington may be softening some of its demands. The source said the US had agreed to release a quarter of Iran's frozen funds — totaling tens of billions of dollars — held in foreign banks.
And the source said Washington had shown more flexibility in agreeing to let Iran continue some peaceful nuclear activity under supervision of the International Atomic Energy Agency. A US official, speaking on condition of anonymity, denied a report by Iran's Tasnim news agency that Washington had agreed to waive oil sanctions on Iran while negotiations were under way. The US-Israeli bombing killed thousands of people in Iran before it was suspended in a ceasefire in early April.
Israel has killed thousands more and driven hundreds of thousands from their homes in Lebanon, which it invaded in pursuit of the Iran-backed Hezbollah militia. The Iran ceasefire has mostly held, although drones have lately been launched from Iraq towards Gulf countries, including Saudi Arabia and Kuwait, apparently by Iran and its allies.
Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said they launched the war to curb Iran's support for regional militias, dismantle its nuclear programme, destroy its missile capabilities, and create conditions for Iranians to topple their rulers. But the war has yet to deprive Iran of its stockpile of near-weapons-grade enriched uranium or its ability to threaten neighbours with missiles, drones and proxy militias.
The Islamic Republic's clerical leadership, which had faced a mass uprising at the start of the year, withstood the superpower onslaught with no sign of organised opposition.
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