TEHRAN (Dunya News) - Iran’s Supreme National Security Council has announced that Tehran has begun reviewing new proposals put forward by the United States.
According to the council, Washington recently presented fresh suggestions, but Iran has not yet issued any formal response.
Officials stated that Iran is maintaining a firm position in the negotiations.
Pakistan’s Army Chief, Gen Asim Munir, has played a mediating role in the discussions.
The council further emphasized that Iran’s negotiating team will not make compromises and will defend the nation’s interests with full determination.
Meanwhile, US President Donald Trump has said that Iran is seeking to close the Strait of Hormuz again, but warned that Tehran “cannot blackmail” the United States.
Speaking to media in the Oval Office, Trump said talks with Iran were progressing positively, reiterating that the US would not be pressured over the Strait of Hormuz issue.
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The US president also stated that he would announce “important information” regarding Iran by the end of the day.
Earlier, two merchant vessels reported they were hit by gunfire as they attempted to cross the Strait of Hormuz on Saturday, three maritime security and shipping sources said, shortly after Iran said it was once more tightening control of the waterway.
Some merchant vessels received a radio message from Iran's Navy that the vital energy chokepoint was shut again and no ships were allowed to pass through, shipping sources said.
The maritime trackers showed a convoy of eight tankers transiting the waterway in the first major movement of ships since the US-Israeli war on Iran began seven weeks ago.
But Iran then said it was reimposing strict military controls on the narrow route, the conduit before the war of about a fifth of global oil trade, as the US maintained its blockade of Iranian ports.
And in a defiant message posted on his Telegram channel, Iran's Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei said Iran's navy was ready to inflict "new bitter defeats" on its enemies.