DUBAI
The process of talks through Pakistani mediation is ongoing, Iran’s foreign ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baqaei said on Monday, and both Iran and the US have sent their comments on the recent Iranian proposal.Pakistan shared the revised Iranian proposal to end war with US on Sunday night, Reuters quoted a Pakistani source.
Baqaei also said that Iran was in continuous contact with Oman and all relevant parties to discuss the Strait of Hormuz mechanism.Iranian and Omani technical teams met last week in Oman to negotiate a mechanism for safe transit in the Strait of Hormuz, Baqaei said. “We have no enmity with any of the countries of the region including the UAE,” state media also quoted Baqaei as saying.
Iranian media said Sunday that the United States had failed to make any concrete concessions in its latest response to Iran’s proposed agenda for negotiations to end the war.
The Fars news agency said Washington had presented a five-point list which included a demand for Iran to keep only one nuclear site in operation and transfer its stockpile of highly enriched uranium to the United States.
The Mehr news agency, meanwhile, said: “The United States, offering no tangible concessions, wants to obtain concessions that it failed to obtain during the war, which will lead to an impasse in the negotiations.” In its proposal, Iran had called for an end of the war on all fronts including Israel’s campaign in Lebanon, as well as a halt to the US naval blockade on Iranian ports in place since April 13.
It also called for lifting all of the US sanctions and the release of Iranian assets frozen abroad under longstanding US sanctions, according to the Iranian foreign ministry in a press conference last week.
