ISLAMABAD: Iran has formally transmitted its response to the latest US proposal aimed at ending the more than two-month-old war in the Persian Gulf, delivering the reply through Pakistani mediators, Iranian state media reported Sunday.
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Trump’s Iran ceasefire push stalls as fresh naval clashes in Persian Gulf deepen distrust
ISLAMABAD: Iran cast doubt on Saturday on the sincerity of American diplomacy following renewed naval clashes in the Persian Gulf, leaving the Trump administration without a clear response to its latest proposal for extending a month-old ceasefire and opening talks on a permanent settlement.
US expects Iranian reply to war-ending proposal as naval clashes in Hormuz raise doubts about ceasefire
ISLAMABAD: US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Friday that the United States is awaiting an Iranian response later in the day to a US proposal aimed at ending the conflict in the Persian Gulf, even as fresh military exchanges between the two sides have cast doubt on the durability of a fragile cease-fire.
US strikes Iranian military sites near Hormuz after naval clash, as both sides insist month-old ceasefire holds
ISLAMABAD: US forces launched self-defence strikes against Iranian missile and drone launch sites, command centres, and intelligence nodes along the Iranian coast on May 7 after three Navy guided-missile destroyers came under attack while transiting the Strait of Hormuz, US Central Command said, in the most serious flare-up since a ceasefire took effect four weeks earlier.
Trump pauses Hormuz escort mission after Saudi Arabia denies US access to key air base and airspace – report
ISLAMABAD: President Donald Trump abruptly halted a US military operation to escort commercial vessels through the Strait of Hormuz after Saudi Arabia blocked American aircraft from using its territory and airspace, two US officials said, forcing the White House to suspend the mission barely 36 hours after it began.
US nears one-page accord with Iran to halt two-month war and frame nuclear talks – report
ISLAMABAD: The White House believes it is close to securing a one-page memorandum of understanding with Iran that would formally end the two-month war in the Persian Gulf and establish a framework for more substantive negotiations over Tehran’s nuclear program, according to US news website axios quoting two officials and two other people briefed on the discussions.
Trump halts Hormuz escort operation, citing progress in Iran talks; blockade to continue
ISLAMABAD: US President Donald Trump announced on Tuesday evening that the United States would temporarily halt its newly launched naval operation to escort stranded commercial vessels through the Strait of Hormuz, saying the pause would allow time for negotiations toward a broader agreement to end the conflict with Iran.
US maintains ceasefire with Iran holds as fresh attacks hit Hormuz and UAE targets
ISLAMABAD: US military leaders insisted on Tuesday that a fragile ceasefire with Iran remained intact a day after Tehran was blamed for fresh attacks in the Strait of Hormuz and on the United Arab Emirates, even as the key American ally reported yet another wave of Iranian drones and missiles.
Iranian drone strike hits UAE oil terminal as US naval push in Hormuz risks shattering fragile ceasefire
ISLAMABAD: A drone launched from Iran struck the Fujairah Oil Industry Zone on Monday, igniting a fire at the critical UAE oil export terminal and injuring three Indian nationals, authorities said, even as the country’s air defences intercepted multiple incoming missiles and drones in what officials described as a dangerous escalation.
Iran claims strike on US warship near Hormuz as Trump’s ‘Project Freedom’ begins; Pentagon denies attack
ISLAMABAD: Iran said on Monday that its forces had turned back a US warship attempting to enter the Strait of Hormuz, with state-affiliated media reporting that two missiles struck the vessel near the southern Iranian port of Jask.