Iran Proposes Reopening Strait of Hormuz, Talks With US Within Seven Days

…walked out during his speech. Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian responded in his own General Assembly address on Wednesday. He argued that Iran needed sufficient strength to protect itself from external threats. “ Iran must be powerful so as to avoid being threatened, to avoid its future being threatened ,” Pezeshkian said. “We are ready for dialogue and diplomacy and negotiations without accepting the language of force,” he said. Trump has said the United States entered the war alongside Israel to prevent Iran from…

…the initiative while speaking to reporters on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York. He said the terms were similar to a memorandum of understanding reached by the two countries in June. “ The conditions we asked are nothing new ,” Araghchi said. It remained unclear whether the proposal would satisfy the Trump administration’s conditions for ending the conflict. Tehran interpreted the June understanding as recognising Iranian control over the…