Iran’s offer to stop the conflict and reopen the Strait of Hormuz in exchange for the US lifting its blockade on the nation appeared unlikely to be accepted by the Trump administration on Tuesday. In an interview with Fox News on Monday, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio seemed to rule out the idea of delaying talks about the Islamic Republic’s nuclear program.Regarding the proposal that Pakistan sent to the US, he stated, “We have to make sure that any deal that is made, any agreement that is made is one that definitively prevents them from sprinting towards a nuclear weapon at any point.” According to the White House, US President Donald Trump will address the offer at a later time after discussing it with his national security staff.
During what state media characterized as the seizure of one of two vessels accused of infractions in the Strait of Hormuz on April 21, a Revolutionary Guard Navy (IRGC) speedboat approaches the cargo ship Epaminondas in this image published by Tasnim News Agency. The proposal surfaced on Monday during Iran Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi’s visit to Russia, a major supporter of Tehran for many years. At this point, it was unclear what kind of help Moscow could provide.
At least 2,521 people have died in Lebanon, where fighting between Israel and the Iran-backed HIzbollah militia resumed two days after the Iran war began, while at least 3,375 people have died in Iran since the conflict began. There have been over a dozen deaths in Gulf Arab states and another twenty-three in Israel. There have been six UN troops in southern Lebanon, sixteen Israeli forces in Lebanon, and thirteen US service members in the area.
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