Progress in Iran Talks Undercut Over Uranium, Hormuz Tolls
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Progress in Iran Talks Undercut Over Uranium, Hormuz Tolls
The outlook had appeared more positive after that, when Iran suggested differences were narrowing with the US over a 14-point text from several weeks ago. That proposal essentially suggested a short-term deal that would see Iran reopen the Strait of Hormuz and the US lift a blockade of Iranian ports, with the warring sides then going into deeper negotiations over Tehran’s nuclear program.
Iran gave no indication of when it would formally answer the US. The Iranian foreign ministry reiterated it wants a commitment that fighting will end “on all fronts, including Lebanon.” It also called for the unfreezing of sanctioned assets.
Nearly three months into the conflict, Pezeshkian has insisted his country was not on the brink of giving in. “Forcing Iran to surrender through coercion is nothing but an illusion,” he posted Wednesday on X.
Pakistan Field Marshal Asim Munir, who acted as a mediator throughout the war, put off plans to visit Tehran on Thursday, after earlier reports suggested he would travel to the Iranian capital.
Another key point of contention is Lebanon, where Israel — whose attacks on Iran alongside the US started the war in late February — is fighting Tehran-backed Hezbollah militants.
Israel has resisted the idea of pulling its troops out of the Arab country. A ceasefire on that front is fragile, with Israel and Hezbollah continuing attacks daily.
In Washington on Thursday, House Republican leaders abruptly canceled a vote on the war as absences in their ranks threatened an embarrassing defeat for Trump.
Earlier this week, a Senate resolution to end the war advanced past a procedural hurdle for the first time, though that legislation hasn’t yet come to a formal vote.
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Progress in Iran Talks Undercut Over Uranium, Hormuz Tolls
(Bloomberg) -- Iran said the latest proposal from the US partly bridged the gap between the warring sides, but comments from the Islamic Republic’s supreme leader about keeping Tehran’s uranium stockpile and a dispute over tolls in the Strait of Hormuz clouded the outlook for a breakthrough...
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