Iran has proposed reopening the Strait of Hormuz and ending the war before nuclear talks begin, passing the plan via Pakistani mediators to the White House as negotiations remain deadlocked. (Axios reporting on what I reported on hours ago ) Summary Iran passed a new proposal to…
Iran has proposed reopening the Strait of Hormuz and ending the war before nuclear talks begin, passing the plan via Pakistani mediators to the White House as negotiations remain deadlocked. (Axios reporting on what I reported on hours ago ) Summary Iran passed a new proposal to the White House via Pakistani mediators to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and end the war before nuclear talks begin The proposal attempts to bypass internal Iranian disagreements over the scope of nuclear concessions it is willing to offer Nuclear negotiations would only commence after the strait is reopened and the US naval blockade lifted, under the proposal Trump cancelled a planned trip by envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner to Islamabad after no progress was made during Iranian FM Araghchi’s visit to Pakistan Trump signalled in a Fox News interview he wants to maintain the naval blockade, believing Iran faces an oil infrastructure collapse within days if exports remain blocked Araghchi held talks with Omani officials in Muscat on Sunday focused on the Strait of Hormuz before returning to Islamabad Araghchi expected to travel to Moscow on Monday to meet Vladimir Putin White House said it would not negotiate through the press and would only accept a deal that prevents Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon It remains unclear whether the US is willing to explore the Iranian-Pakistani proposal Iran has put forward a new diplomatic proposal aimed at breaking the deepening stalemate in negotiations with the United States, offering to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and agree a ceasefire before any nuclear talks take place, according to Axios, which cited a US official and two sources with direct knowledge of the matter. The proposal, passed to the White House via Pakistani mediators, represents a significant reframing of Iran’s negotiating position.
Rather than attempting to resolve the nuclear dispute and the Hormuz crisis simultaneously, Tehran is now seeking to separate the two issues…