US and Iran continue to make uncompromising pronouncements
epa11655892 Speaker of the Parliament of Iran Mohammad-Bagher Ghalibaf speaks during a news conference with Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri (not pictured) after their meeting in Beirut, Lebanon, 12 October 2024. Ghalibaf arrived in Beirut for talks with Lebanese officials as part of his tour focusing on recent developments in the region. According to the Lebanese Ministry of Health, more than 2,100 people have been killed and over 10,000 others have been injured in Lebanon since Israel expanded its military operations to Lebanon in September 2024. EPA/WAEL HAMZEH
Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, who’s Iran’s chief negotiator and parliamentary speaker, has said its closure of the Strait of Hormuz would not end so long as the US naval blockade remains in place.
But he also notes there are “just” one or two issues on which the two sides disagreed, without saying what they are, nor explaining their significance.
President Trump has remained supremely positive – in public at least – that an agreement will happen, announcing there had been “very good conversations”.
But this was hours after a ship in the strait reported being fired on by Iranian gunboats.
Trump says blackmail will not be tolerated.
Source: BBC
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