Iran reviews 14-point US peace proposal as Trump praises 'very good' talks
There's still no sign of a breakthrough in the Iran conflict tonight although Tehran is reportedly considering a US peace proposal, as ITV News Correspondent Robert Moore reports
Iran has said it is reviewing new US proposals to end the war, as President Donald Trump threatened more bombing if no deal is reached.
A part of that deal includes reopening the crucial Strait of Hormuz to international shipping.
A one-page 14-point plan has been shared with Iran via Pakistani mediators, a person familiar with the document told ITV News' partner CNN.
If agreed to, the memorandum would trigger a 30-day negotiating period, during which both sides can hash out key issues like nuclear capacity and future passage through the Strait of Hormuz, the person said.
It also includes a ban on Iran enriching uranium for ten years, a time length that has been brought down from 20 years during the course of negotiating so far, the source added.
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This comes as Iran’s president said he held a “direct, frank” meeting with Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, the country’s supreme leader, who is believed to have been seriously wounded in US-Israeli strikes at the end of February.
State media reported that Masoud Pezeshkian met Khamenei, the son of Iran’s former supreme leader, for nearly two and a half hours. He is the most high-profile figure reported to have met the new ruler, who has not appeared in public since the war began.
The US president also claimed that Iran had agreed not to have a nuclear weapon, "among other things", but did not give further details.
Pakistan also signalled on Thursday they expect "an agreement sooner rather than later," with Islamabad playing a key mediation role between the two sides throughout the conflict.
Pakistani Foreign Ministry spokesperson Tahir Andrabi said: "We hope the parties will reach a peaceful and sustainable solution that will contribute not only to peace in our region but to international peace as well.”
A two-week ceasefire between the US and Iran was agreed on April 7, and later extended indefinitely on April 21.
However, the US has blocked Iranian ports since April 13, in response to the Strait of Hormuz being almost entirely closed by the regime since the war began.
The US military said on Wednesday it had attacked an Iranian oil tanker in the Gulf of Oman for breaching the blockade.
US Central Command said an American fighter jet shot out the rudder of the Iran-flagged tanker after it was issued multiple warnings to stop.
At the same time, Israel struck Beirut’s southern suburbs for the first time since a ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon was announced on April 17.
Fighting between Israel and the Hezbollah militant group has continued since the ceasefire, but mostly in southern Lebanon.
Rescue workers could be seen searching through the rubble of a destroyed building in Beirut on Thursday morning.
More than 2,500 have died in Lebanon since fighting began on March 2, two days after Israel and the US launched their offensive on Iran.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office claimed Wednesday’s strike, which came without warning, targeted a commander in Hezbollah’s Radwan Force.
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