Mediators have passed Iran a proposal to de-escalate the war with the US that would offer a 10-day ceasefire to find ways to revive an interim deal reached last month, a senior Iranian official told Reuters on Monday.
Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei confirmed at a press conference on Sunday that mediators had proposed new ideas for a peace process.
“The principle of the matter is clear: mediators are working and trying to prevent tension from escalating,” he said. “While our armed forces are responding with strength and power and destroying the source and origin of American aggression, diplomacy also knows its duties well and spares no effort.”
He emphasized the dual roles diplomacy and defense played in the Iranian strategy, describing both as indispensable.
This is a developing story. Tzvi Jasper contributed to this report.
