Iran has insisted on a diplomatic solution to end the ongoing war with the United States after President Donald Trump rejected yet another peace plan.
The call for a return to diplomacy comes after Iran announced a peace proposal at the United Nations General Assembly last week. “Our conditions are clear, and any move toward reopening the Strait of Hormuz is contingent on these conditions being met. Only a negotiated solution can get them out of this deadlock,” the foreign minister was quoted as saying by Reuters.
In a post on social media, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said Tehran’s “conditions are clear,” and that the Strait of Hormuz will be reopened once its conditions are met by the US. “If there is seriousness on the US side to come to a deal and reopen the Strait of Hormuz, everything is now prepared,” the foreign minister said, adding that if the US were to agree to the plan, the rival nations could “start wider talks on mutually agreed subjects. Following Trump’s rejection, Iranian president Masoud Pezeshkian said that Tehran will “stand firm. Senior Spokesperson of the Iranian Armed Forces, Brigadier General Abolfazl Shekarchi also said Tehran will not “retreat,” adding that Iran was “the most experienced country in the world in asymmetric warfare.”
Speaking to reporters at the United Nations on Friday, Araghchi said the proposed deal would trigger a seven-day countdown to reopening the strait and a pause in regional fighting.
