Iran weighs peace proposal, accuses US of 'excessive demands'

Iran weighs peace proposal, accuses US of 'excessive demands'

Tehran accused the United States of "excessive demands," Iranian media said on Saturday, as reports in the US raised the prospect that Washington was mulling new strikes and leaders of the Islamic Republic considered the latest peace proposal.

Pakistan's army chief arrived in Tehran on Friday to bolster mediation, and US President Donald Trump abruptly changed his plans, skipping his son's wedding to stay in Washington due to "circumstances pertaining to government," fueling speculation that the situation had entered a sensitive stage.

Trump has described the stop-start negotiations this week as teetering on the "borderline" between renewed attacks and a deal to end the conflict, which began with US-Israeli strikes on Iran on February 28 and led to competing blockades around the Strait of Hormuz that have roiled the global economy.

Weeks of negotiations since an April 8 ceasefire — including historic face-to-face talks hosted by Islamabad — have still not produced a permanent resolution or restored full access to the strait, choking vast quantities of global oil supply.

Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said in a call with UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres that Tehran was engaged in the diplomatic process despite "repeated betrayals of diplomacy and military aggression against Iran, along with contradictory positions and repeated excessive demands" by the US, according to the ministry.

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