Iran Announces Receipt of Response to Qatari Proposal from Washington

- The Iranian state-linked news agency "Fars" reported that government spokesperson Fatemeh Mohajerani stated that the Iranian Foreign Minister received the American response to the proposal from the Qatari mediator. The Afaq News network contacted the White House for a comment.

Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi met with Qatari mediators in New York last week, and then met with them again on Monday before returning to his country. Araghchi rejected claims from "foreign media" that Iran had shown flexibility towards the United States regarding its nuclear program, which is at the heart of the dispute.

Araghchi said before leaving New York: "I can say with certainty that there has been no change at all in Iran's positions." He added: "Our conditions for reopening the Strait of Hormuz are clear, as is our position on other issues.

Currently, the only issue is the Strait of Hormuz; reopening the Strait of Hormuz is also contingent upon meeting our conditions that we have communicated to the other party." Araghchi said on Monday that the Qataris "had some ideas, and we discussed presenting them again to the American side."

He added: "In light of the proposal that Iran presented, the (communications) took on a more serious nature." An American official told Afaq News on Monday that President Donald Trump is willing to ease sanctions on Iran and release its frozen funds as part of a final agreement, provided that Tehran makes "substantial progress" on the nuclear file, at a time when mediators are seeking to bring both countries back to the negotiating table.