Iran Defends Two-Day Proposal to Restart Peace Talks, Saying Its Conditions Are Not Unreasonable
DUBAI — Iran on November 9 defended a new proposal under which peace talks could restart in as few as two days if Washington first meets Tehran's conditions, calling it the most reasonable offer on the table. Reuters reported that Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei, responding at his weekly press conference to criticism from U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, asked whether it was unreasonable for Iran to demand that U.S. sanctions and the naval blockade be lifted first and that the war end on all fronts.
The offer shortens an earlier Iranian seven-day timetable to two days. Under it, once the United States halts hostilities, lifts the blockade and waives sanctions, Iran would reopen the Strait of Hormuz and restart talks within two days; the proposal was conveyed to Washington through Qatar on November 5. Iran's earlier conditions also included the release of frozen Iranian assets.
Speaking on November 8 at Homestead Air Reserve Base in Florida before leaving for the G7 foreign ministers' meeting in France, Rubio said there was no progress to report, that Iran's demands were not just unacceptable but in some cases outrageous and ridiculous, and that the two sides were nowhere near a breakthrough. President Trump met Qatar's prime minister and foreign minister at the White House on November 9, with Qatar mediating amid the deadlock.
(Source: Reuters)
Source: Reuters
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