Iran’s president says Iran would return to ceasefire agreement if US does, and other Mideast news

The June memorandum of understanding called for an immediate ceasefire and started a 60-day period for negotiations aimed at reaching a wider peace deal. Iran's president said Tuesday his country is ready to return to the ceasefire deal reached with the United States in June if Washington does the same, in conciliatory remarks following the first exchange of fire between the two countries in a month.Here’s a look at the latest developments in the Iran war and the wider Middle East. Full coverage can be found here.Iran is willing to go back to ceasefire agreement if US doesSpeaking on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit in Kyrgyzstan, Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian said that “if the U.S.

returns to its commitments in the memorandum of understanding, the Islamic Republic of Iran will immediately reciprocate,” Iranian state media reported.The June memorandum of understanding called for an immediate ceasefire and started a 60-day period for negotiations aimed at reaching a wider peace deal. Iran agreed to clear the Strait of Hormuz of mines and allow ships to pass during the period, and the U.S. agreed to end its naval blockade, lift sanctions, issue waivers for Iranian oil exports and begin work on a reconstruction package for Iran, among other things.The agreement broke down quickly, and while there has been a lull in fighting, the two sides exchanged fire on the weekend.While Pezeshkian has long favored a negotiated end to the war, Iran’s most powerful force remains the paramilitary Revolutionary Guard, which is pressing for greater concessions from the U.S., including Iranian control over the Strait of Hormuz and financial compensation for the war.

Those conditions would likely be unacceptable to Washington.The leaders of China, Russia and India are all attending the summit in Kyrgyzstan, which has been billed as a counterweight to U.S. global influence.Iran's foreign minister has already held meetings with his Chinese counterpart and Pezeshkian was due to have talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin later Tuesday.Two ships attacked in and around Strait of HormuzThe British military's United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations Centre said it received reports of an attack on a ship in the Strait of Hormuz, and a second report of an incident involving a tanker in waters nearby.In the first incident, the UKMTO said a tanker was hit by three projectiles Monday on its way out of the Persian Gulf through the strait east of Oman.The monitoring agency said there were no reports of cas… Iran’s president said Tuesday that his country is ready to return to the ceasefire deal reached with the United States in June if Washington does the same, in conciliatory remarks following the first exchange of fire between the two countries in a month.

Here’s a look at the latest developments in the Iran war and the wider Middle East. Iran’s president says his country would return to ceasefire agreement if US does as well Speaking on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit in Kyrgyzstan, Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian said that “if the U.S. The June memorandum of understanding provided for an immediate ceasefire and started a 60-day period for negotiations aimed at reaching a wider peace deal.

The agreement broke down quickly, and while there has been a lull in fighting, the two sides exchanged fire on the weekend with the U.S. targeting Iranian missile launchers on Larak Island, in the Strait of Hormuz, and Iran responding by firing missiles at American military facilities in Jordan, which were intercepted. While Pezeshkian has long favored a negotiated end to the war, the most powerful force in Iran remains the paramilitary Revolutionary Guard, which is pressing for greater concessions from the U.S., including Iranian control over the Strait of Hormuz and financial compensation for the war.

Those conditions would likely be unacceptable to Washington. The leaders of China, Russia and India are all attending the summit in Kyrgyzstan, which has been billed as a counterweight to U.S. Iran’s foreign minister has already held meetings with his Chinese counterpart and Pezeshkian was due to have talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin later Tuesday.