US and Iran progress on peace talks
US President Donald Trump said a project will soon start to help stranded ships leave the Strait of Hormuz as Iran revealed it had received a US response to its latest offer for peace talks.
Trump, in a social media post, said that “neutral and innocent” countries have been affected by the Iran war, and “we have told these countries that we will guide their ships safely out”.
Iran is reviewing the US response to its latest proposal, Iran’s Mizan news agency cited foreign ministry spokesperson Esmail Baghaei as saying.
Iran’s nuclear program and enriched uranium have long been the central issue in tensions with the US, but Iran would rather have other issues resolved first.
Iran’s 14-point proposal calls for the US lifting sanctions on Iran, ending the US naval blockade of Iranian ports, withdrawing forces from the region and ceasing all hostilities, including Israel’s operations in Lebanon, according to the Nour News and Tasnim agencies.
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