Tehran demands Washington accept its conditions to end the war
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Punch
Iran on Tuesday called on the United States to meet its demands in the plan to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, closed since the start of the war. Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi rejected any military solution or one based on tougher sanctions, according to the IRNA agency.
Tehran is asking Washington to accept its conditions before any reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, which Iran has blocked since the start of the war. Iran’s top diplomat, Abbas Araghchi, told the IRNA agency on Tuesday that the conflict would not be settled “either by military means or by tightening sanctions”.
The Iranian proposal provides for the reopening of Hormuz within two days, in exchange for an end to the war on all fronts, the unfreezing of Iranian assets, the lifting of oil sanctions and an end to the US counter-blockade of Iranian ports. Donald Trump, whose Republican party lost the midterm elections partly because of the war, spoke on Monday of a “positive momentum” after his meeting with the Qatari prime minister at the White House.
Mohsen Rezaei, Iran’s head of security, who chairs the Supreme National Security Council, urged Washington to “surrender”. In a message on X, he accuses the United States of fabricating “fake news” about imaginary discussions. Qatar and Pakistan are leading diplomatic efforts to find a way out of the conflict.
