Trump skeptical of Iran’s new proposal

Iran conflict

Media: Trump skeptical of Iran’s new proposal

In the stalled negotiations with the USA, the leadership in Tehran has made a new move: the Strait of Hormuz should be opened and the question of the nuclear program should be postponed.

According to media reports, US President Donald Trump is skeptical about Tehran’s latest proposal to end the Iran war. Although he did not reject the proposal outright, he had doubts about the sincerity of the Iranian leadership, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing people familiar with the matter. The New York Times also reported that Trump was not happy with the proposal.

According to media reports, the draft envisages an opening of the Strait of Hormuz and an end to the war – the controversial Iranian nuclear program will only be negotiated afterwards.

Iran continues to block international shipping traffic in the strategically important Strait of Hormuz. The strait is crucial to the global economy for, among other things, the transport of oil and gas from the Persian Gulf states. The USA, for its part, has imposed a naval blockade against Iran in order to cut off the leadership in Tehran from income from oil exports.

There is currently a ceasefire in the Iran war. But negotiations between the United States and Iran over a permanent settlement to the conflict have stalled. At the weekend, Trump canceled an announced trip by his negotiators to Pakistan at short notice. The government in Islamabad is mediating between the conflicting parties.

The USA is demanding, among other things, that Iran hand over highly enriched uranium and not use a nuclear bomb. The leadership in Tehran denies plans to build nuclear weapons, but insists on its right to a civilian nuclear program, including the right to enrich uranium.