Iran says diplomatic efforts ongoing via mediators amid fighting with US
An Iranian army spokesman asserts the war will continue until deterrence against further attacks has been achieved. Tehran, Iran – Iran has said it has
An Iranian army spokesman asserts the war will continue until deterrence against further attacks has been achieved. Tehran, Iran – Iran has said it has been approached via mediators to end a new bout of fighting with the United States. Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei said on Monday that Tehran has received “proposals” to end renewed fighting between Iran and the US. But he did not disclose details of the new offer or whether they involved a 10-day truce, as reported by US media. “Proposals have been raised through mediators and have been passed over to us,” he told reporters during a press conference in Tehran. Baghaei said that diplomatic efforts are coming in lockstep with those of armed forces after recent political divisions between hardliners and more moderate factions. He also urged regional countries not to allow the US military to use their territory to launch or facilitate attacks on Iranian soil in continuation of the US-Israel war on Iran that began on February 28. War re-erupts This comes after a recent flare-up between Tehran and Washington, with bridges, roads, and military sites targeted in Iran. Iran has carried out its own attacks on Kuwait, Bahrain, Jordan and other Arab countries, including on civilian infrastructure, claiming to target US forces in these countries.
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has said that Washington “always remains open to diplomatic solutions”. But he added that Iran’s missile and drone strikes, which have killed three American service members over the past week, are an impediment to diplomacy. Rubio also claimed that a “split” has emerged among Iranian officials, with one faction wanting to continue war against the US and others seeking negotiations. Iran’s chief negotiator, Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, hit back at Rubio on Monday, saying that despite the US claiming it seeks an end to the fighting, it continues to import military equipment to the region. “We have reached the level of a full professor on recognising these American games, and we’ve prepared ourselves on that basis. Actions must confirm claims, not contradict them,” Ghalibaf wrote on X on Monday. The US launched a ninth consecutive day of strikes on Iran overnight, extending beyond the Strait of Hormuz region, to areas such as Tabriz in northwest Iran. On Sunday, the US military hit a civilian nuclear power plant under construction in Darkhovin, which Iran said had no military objective. It claims that the targeting of civilian infrastructure shows US opposition to Iran’s economic progress and development. Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and the conventional army have continued attacks on US military targets.
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