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proposal. In a [statement](https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/sb0492) on Thursday, OFAC said it was also designating three leaders of the Iran-backed armed groups, Kata’ib Sayyid al-Shuhada
responsible for the Strait of Hormuz under a proposed national law for managing the waterway. - **Iran blames US for stalled talks:** The Iranian foreign minister blamed Washington for the failure of talks after landing
response from the Iranian government. However, the Tasnim news agency, which is linked to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), said the US was still obstructing parts of a [potential deal](/news/2026/5/24/us-iran-inch-closer-to-deal-to-end-the-war-what-to-know), including Tehran
ceasefire “certainly holds”. ## Has Washington blinked? The central question is whether the US has, implicitly, accepted Iran’s core demand: end the war and settle the Strait of Hormuz first, with the nuclear programme
response via Pakistani mediators. **Ebrahim Rezaei,** the spokesperson of the Iranian parliament’s national security and foreign policy commission, said the proposal to end the war was merely an **“American wish list
response than before. We have many winning cards that we have not yet used,” he added. ## War diplomacy - ****Trump slams Merz:**** Trump lashed out at German Chancellor Friedrich Merz over the Iran war, after comments
response to its [14-point proposal](/news/2026/5/3/whats-irans-14-point-proposal-to-end-the-war-and-will-trump-accept-it) aimed at ending the conflict sent via Pakistan on Friday. As Pakistan continues to mediate, Trump previously described Tehran’s offer as “unacceptable”. ## What happened to the Touska
proposal from Washington, after US media cited unnamed American officials as saying that the two sides were closing in on a one-page memorandum to end the war in the Gulf. A source close
proposal for him to host talks in the US between [Volodymyr Zelenskyy](https://www.theguardian.com/world/volodymyr-zelenskiy) and Vladimir Putin. The US president lamented “the great antipathy” between the Ukrainian and Russian leaders that made it difficult
proposal. “We do our own work, we don’t pay attention to deadlines or timing,” he said, in reference to US President Donald Trump’s expected timelines for an Iranian response. With no breakthrough
response to our operations in the Middle East, they are well documented,” Rubio said as he arrived for the start of the meeting in Helsingborg. “That will have to be addressed. That
response. ## The secret channel By the mid-1970s, though, Pakistan had also shown China its value as a strategic partner. In July 1971, [US National Security Advisor Henry Kissinger](/news/2026/3/27/nixon-to-trump-pakistans-long-record-as-backchannel-between-rival-powers) boarded a Pakistan International Airlines
ceasefire and the absolute failure of the Board of Peace to achieve anything in six months. I would have expected [Keir Starmer](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/keir-starmer) in the face of this just to do the bare
responsibility for attacks on Israeli soldiers in the Lebanese village of Maroun al-Ras. The Israeli army said it had killed a “terrorist” who had crossed the border from Lebanon into Israel and opened fire
US of ceasefire violation Iran has said the new U.S. effort is a violation of the fragile ceasefire that has held for more than three weeks. In a post on X Tuesday, Iran's powerful
responses to counter Moscow’s provocative behaviour against the alliance or risk the Kremlin intensifying its actions. A retired general and former chair of the Nato military committee, the 64-year-old’s defence background
ceasefire agreement, [Gulf states](/tag/gcc/) will likely look for new long-term security solutions when a war in their region – which they did not start – finally ends. It comes as United States President Donald Trump
US President Donald Trump speaks to the press outside the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, DC, on April 13, 2026. **Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images** Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images However
responsibility squarely with social media companies. There’s a growing consensus among online safety campaigners that, rather than implementing an Australia-style lock out, the UK government should instead block under-16s from accessing risky
ceasefire as a prerequisite – similar to the Iran and US talks brokered by [Pakistan](https://www.theguardian.com/world/pakistan) – but Israel has framed the talks as peace negotiations with Hezbollah’s disarmament as a priority, with