Iran names condition for resuming Islamabad talks with US
Head of the Iranian Parliament’s National Security Committee Ebrahim Azizi commented on the prospect of talks with the United States.
Head of the Iranian Parliament’s National Security Committee Ebrahim Azizi commented on the prospect of talks with the United States.
Contrary to the statements of U.S. President Donald Trump, the Iranian authorities did not agree to halt their uranium enrichment program and will never do so, CNN reported, citing sources.
An Iranian cargo vessel that was seized earlier by the U.S. forces was traveling en route to the Iranian port of Bandar Abbas, the U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) reported.
U.S. forces’ threats to Iranian vessels and Washington's illogical demands on Tehran confirm the American frivolous attitude towards resolving the situation in the Persian Gulf, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said.
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian on Monday called for the use of "every rational and diplomatic path” to ease tensions, saying that war is no one's interest.
The Houthis from the Yemeni Ansar Allah rebel movement have confirmed their readiness to close the Bab el-Mandeb Strait to international shipping in response to the policies of U.S. President Donald Trump in the region, one of the movement’s leaders, who holds the position of Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs in the Houthi-formed government Hussein al-Ezzi said.
U.S. President Donald Trump accused Iran of violating the two-week ceasefire by firing at ships in the Strait of Hormuz.
No one gave the U.S. administration the right to deprive Iran of the opportunity to develop nuclear energy, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said.
The new US proposals are currently being studied
Tehran has not yet agreed to a next round of negotiations with Washington, Iran's semi-official Tasnim news agency reported Saturday, citing "relevant authorities."
Sending Iran's enriched uranium to the United States has never been under consideration, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei said.
Talks between the United States and Iran in Pakistan are likely to be held on Monday, April 20, although the date has not yet been announced officially, The Wall Street Journal said, citing a senior U.S. administration official.
Iran has closed the Strait of Hormuz once again, spokesperson for the Iranian Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters Ibrahim Zolfaghari said.
Iran has opened the Strait of Hormuz to any commercial vessels for the remainder of the ceasefire period, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said.
Pakistani authorities have begun preparations for the second round of negotiations between Iran and the United States, The Express Tribune newspaper reported, citing sources.
Houthi rebels from the Yemen-based Ansar Allah movement may shut down an alternative oil trafficking route through the Red Sea in order to support Iran, CNN reports.
The head of the UN’s nuclear watchdog says that “very detailed” measures to verify Iran’s nuclear activities must be included in a potential U.S.-Iran agreement to end their war in the Middle East.
Iran’s VLCC (Very Large Crude Carrier) supertanker, which is under U.S. sanctions, has crossed the Strait of Hormuz and entered the territorial waters of the Islamic Republic with its positioning device turned on, the Fars agency reported.
The U.S. military said its blockade of Iranian ports has been “fully implemented” and economic trade entering and leaving Iran by sea has been “completely halted”.
U.S. Vice President JD Vance is expected to once again lead the U.S. delegation in the event of the next round of negotiations with Iran, CNN reported, citing sources.