New York: Pakistan has delivered a revised peace proposal from Iran to the US to end the Middle East conflict, according to reports.
According to a Reuters report, both sides were warned that they "don't have much time" to narrow their differences before the situation escalates again. Without providing details of the changes, the report mentioned that Washington and Tehran "keep changing their goal posts."
Talks led by Pakistan have continued to stall and US President Donald Trump has said that the current truce is "on life support."
One of the major sticking points is Washington's call for Tehran to stop its nuclear program and its de facto blockade of the Strait of Hormuz. Iran wants compensation for war damage as well as an end to all hostilities, which includes Israeli strikes in Lebanon.
Meanwhile, Trump said that Iran “wants to make a deal so badly” after recent American military strikes, while claiming Tehran’s military infrastructure had been largely destroyed and insisting the country would not be allowed to acquire a nuclear weapon.
Speaking at the annual White House Congressional Picnic, Trump mixed campaign-style political remarks with updates on the economy, foreign policy and his administration’s legislative agenda, repeatedly returning to the issue of Iran and regional tensions.
“We’re gonna end that war very quickly,” Trump said. “They wanna make a deal so badly. They’re tired of this.”
The President said the United States acted because “they have nuclear on their mind and we’re not gonna let them have a nuclear weapon.”
The latest US-Iran tensions come amid renewed instability in the Middle East and continuing concerns in Washington and among US allies over Iran’s nuclear program.
