Trump reviews latest Iranian proposal passed to Pakistan
President Donald Trump said Saturday he was evaluating a fresh Iranian proposal after Iran stated it delivered the latest proposal to Pakistan with the purpose of permanently ending the forced war.
President Donald Trump said he was evaluating a new Iranian proposal to end the war.”I’ll give you the information later,” he stated before getting on Air Force One, adding, “They’re going to give me the exact wording now.”
Iran has sent a 14-point plan via way of Pakistan in response to a nine-point US proposal, two semiofficial Iranian sites, Tasnim and Fars, considered to be linked to Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard, reported.
IRAN OFFERS PAKISTAN LATEST PROPOSAL
Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs for Legal and International Affairs Iran has submitted its proposal to Pakistan, a mediator in negotiations with the United States, with the purpose of ending the imposed war forever, Kazem Gharibabadi stated.
The minister met with various foreign ambassadors in Tehran to brief them about Iran’s recent proposal to halt the war.
Gharibabadi told foreign envoys at Saturday’s meeting that Iran always believed in diplomacy based on national interests to resolve issues and thus played its part, stressing that the Islamic Republic, at the same time, remained fully prepared to decisively repel any act of aggression against its people and territory.
“The ball is in the US court now, to take the path of diplomacy or the path of the continuation of the confrontational approach,” he said.
Gharibabadi stated that Iran is ready for both approaches in order to secure its national interests and security, adding that in any scenario, it will always have its pessimism and suspicion toward the United States because of its treachery amid talks.
Meanwhile, the ambassadors of China and Russia earlier conducted a trilateral discussion with the Iranian deputy foreign minister for legal and international affairs regarding the new text handed over to Pakistan on Thursday evening.
Iran and the United States agreed to a ceasefire on April 7 and the two sides conducted talks mediated by Pakistan in Islamabad on April 11. The conversations, however, came to nothing.
TRUMP’S PREVIOUS POSTURE
Earlier this week Trump rejected a previous Iranian proposal. But talks have resumed and the three-week ceasefire looks to be holding.
US President Donald Trump said he was not satisfied with the latest Iranian proposal for discussions on the Iran war, suggesting the standoff over the two-month-old war is likely to continue even as he seeks to terminate a confrontation that is profoundly unpopular among Americans.
“They want to make a deal but… I am not happy with it,” Trump told reporters at the White House and said the Iranian leadership was “very disjointed” and divided into two or three sections.
“They are asking for things I cannot agree to,” he said, adding that telephone conversations were continuing.
Trump has warned Iran will not be allowed to get a nuclear weapon. He is also under pressure to break Iran’s grip on the strait, which has choked off 20% of the world’s oil and gas supply.
IRAN ANGRY OVER TRUMP’S ‘PIRATE’ COMMENTS
Iranian foreign ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei has reacted angrily to recent comments by US President Donald Trump, who declared “we act like pirates” while talking about the seizure of Iranian ships.
“This wasn’t a verbal mistake. “This was a direct and damning acknowledgement of the criminal nature of their actions against international maritime navigation,” he writes on X.
“The international community, UN Member States and the UN Secretary-General have to firmly reject any normalisation of such blatant violations of international law.”
UN humanitarian chief Tom Fletcher echoed a request by UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres for the prompt opening of the Strait of Hormuz.
UN TO REOPEN STRAIT OF HORMUZ
“The humanitarian community is working to keep lifesaving aid moving: we need governments and business to fast track customs and waive logistics, war & fuel surcharges for humanitarian goods,” he wrote on X.