Iran insists on diplomatic solution after Trump reportedly rejects peace plan
USO•Iran said diplomacy is the only way to resolve its conflict with the United States and Israel after Trump reportedly rejected a proposal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and end fighting. Iran’s foreign minister said reopening the strait depends on conditions being met.
1. Iran calls for negotiations
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi said Sunday that only a negotiated solution could resolve the deadlock, and that reopening the Strait of Hormuz depends on Iran’s conditions being met. He said mediators had not officially conveyed a US rejection of Iran’s proposal and Tehran was waiting for their definitive views.
2. Proposal and nuclear stance
Araqchi said the proposal would trigger a seven-day countdown to reopening the strait and a pause in regional fighting, after which wider talks could begin. A senior Iranian official said Tehran would make no concessions on its nuclear program, including uranium enrichment or shipping highly enriched uranium out of the country; President Masoud Pezeshkian said Iran was ready for talks but would not accept coercion.
3. Conflict disrupts oil flows
The seven-month-old conflict has disrupted oil flows through the Strait of Hormuz and harmed the global economy. The article says the war began on February 28 with US and Israeli attacks, and that Yemen’s Saudi-led coalition intercepted two ballistic missiles and two drones launched by the Houthis toward Saudi Arabia on Saturday.
