US Waits for Iran Reply, Qatari Tanker Heads for Strait
Washington is pressing for a response after days of flare-ups, while U.S. officials say the proposal would end the war before talks on Iran’s nuclear program.
- On Saturday, relative calm returned to the Strait of Hormuz as the United States awaited Iran's response to proposals aimed at ending the two-month conflict and beginning peace talks.
- In response to President Donald Trump's "Project Freedom" initiative to escort ships through the waterway, Iran stepped up attacks against the United Arab Emirates this week, prompting Trump to pause the effort after 48 hours.
- The U.S. Treasury sanctioned 10 entities in China and Hong Kong on Friday for aiding Iran's military procurement, while Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi dismissed recent UN proposals as "flawed."
- U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Washington expected Iran's response within hours on Friday, but none materialized by Saturday, while one Indian sailor died in a separate maritime incident near the strait.
- With President Trump traveling to China next week to meet President Xi Jinping, mounting pressure persists; a CIA assessment indicates Iran could withstand current blockade measures for approximately four months.
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U.S. awaits Tehran’s response to proposal to end Iran war | Honolulu Star-Advertiser
WASHINGTON / CAIRO >> A state of relative calm prevailed around the Strait of Hormuz today, after days of sporadic flare-ups, as the United States waited for Iran’s response to its latest proposals to end more than two months of fighting and begin peace talks.
Iran questioned on Saturday the seriousness of American diplomacy in the ongoing negotiations for a solution to the Middle East conflict, but did not communicate its response to Washington's latest proposal. However, the US and Iran did not seem to be approaching a solution on Saturday, after exchanges of fire in the Gulf, in the context of a fragile truce, and an analysis of American intelligence services came to the conclusion that Tehran coul…
Rome. The United States stated yesterday that it was awaiting a response from Iran to its recent proposal to end the war against the Islamic country, despite the recent escalation of tensions in the region in the midst of the ceasefire agreement launched on 7 April, while Tehran still considered its decision.
The Straits Times
US, Iran no closer to ending war as Tehran’s response awaited
WASHINGTON/CAIRO, May 9 - A state of relative calm prevailed around the Strait of Hormuz on Saturday, after days of sporadic flare-ups, as the United States waited for Iran's response to its latest proposals to end more than two months of fighting and begin peace talks. Read more at straitstimes.com.
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