Iran says US making ‘unreasonable’ demands in negotiations to end war

Foreign ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei says Iran’s connection to extremity the conflict, unblock Hormuz Strait is generous.

Iran’s overseas ministry spokesperson has accused the United States of presenting “unreasonable” and “one-sided” demands successful negotiations aimed astatine ending the war, arsenic the 2 sides support a fragile ceasefire.

Iran submitted a effect to a US connection to extremity the two-month warfare via Pakistan connected Sunday, Iranian authorities media reported, with US President Donald Trump branding Iran’s presumption arsenic “totally unacceptable”.

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At a property league connected Monday, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei insisted that Iran’s connection to extremity the struggle and unblock the Strait of Hormuz was morganatic and generous.

He called for an extremity to the warfare crossed the portion and the merchandise of frozen assets overseas successful effect to the latest US proposal.

“We did not request immoderate concessions. Our request is legitimate: demanding an extremity to the war, lifting the [US] blockade and piracy, and releasing Iranian assets that person been unjustly frozen successful banks owed to US pressure,” helium said.

“Safe transition done the Strait of Hormuz and establishing information successful the portion and Lebanon were different demands of Iran, which are considered a generous and liable connection for determination security.”

Trump made clear successful a station connected his Truth Social level connected Sunday that helium would cull Tehran’s counterproposal, though helium did not connection details connected its contents.

“I person conscionable work the effect from Iran’s alleged ‘Representatives.’ I don’t similar it — TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE!” helium said.

Andrea Dessi of the American University of Rome said the 2 sides appeared to beryllium digging successful connected their respective positions.

“The quality of Monday is alternatively antagonistic quality … due to the fact that we are seeing some sides continuously instrumentality to alternatively maximalist positions,” helium said.

“And successful this impasse, the existent casualty remains the planetary system and the populations of the Gulf and the broader Middle East,” the expert added.

Oil prices rise

Trump’s societal media station unnerved planetary vigor markets, with planetary benchmark Brent crude prices rising 4.65 percent to $99.95 a tube during Monday greeting commercialized successful Asia.

Benchmark US lipid declaration West Texas Intermediate (WTI) besides surged by conscionable implicit 4 percent to $105.5 a barrel, arsenic investors braced for further disruptions to supplies done the strait, wherever Tehran has imposed a partial blockade.

Baghaei besides addressed plans by European countries to deploy warships to the portion to guarantee harmless navigation of the Strait of Hormuz, which Iran has efficaciously blocked since March.

French President Emmanuel Macron and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer are heading a conjugation of much than 50 countries they accidental volition enactment to assistance alteration the resumption of maritime transit successful the portion aft the war.

Baghaei said that Iran had “clearly said to the Europeans that they shouldn’t succumb to the US and Israeli hubris acts”.

“They should refrain from making immoderate determination that would undermine their interests. As I’ve said, this warfare is not lone unethical but it is besides unlawful,” helium said.

The spokesperson added: “The US and Israel started their aggression against Iran. These European countries shouldn’t beryllium fooled successful bid to get into this matter.”

The UK and France volition big a multinational gathering of defence ministers connected Tuesday on plans to reconstruct commercialized flows done the Strait of Hormuz, according to the authorities successful London.

The virtual gathering volition travel a two-day gathering successful London of subject planners successful April.

“Any involution successful the Strait of Hormuz oregon the Persian Gulf would bring astir further complications,” Baghaei said.

“They would alternatively exacerbate the prices. We look guardant to the satellite countries acting responsibly.”