Iran: Argachi says there is no need to meet the Americans now, demands to stop the war on all fronts including Lebanon Argachi said that Vance's announcement was carefully reviewed in high-level meetings and called the American effort a positive step, but Iran will decide on direct or indirect talks only after Washington accepts its terms. These include lifting the sanctions imposed after the Islamabad Memorandum, reducing US forces in the region, restoring oil exemptions, lifting the embargo on frozen Iranian assets including those in Qatar, and recognizing Iran's new Hormuz sea route with Oman. An Iranian delegation left for Doha, where Qatari and Pakistani mediators are consulting, and the Hormuz implementation period that Qatar proposed to reduce to 5 days was shortened to two days in the latest proposal. Iran says its nuclear facilities under the agency's supervision were targeted and the IAEA has no inspection protocol for such cases, and it does not rule out war.

Iran: Argachi says there is no need to meet the Americans now, demands to stop the war on all fronts including Lebanon Argachi said that Vance's announcement was carefully reviewed in high-level meetings and called the American effort a positive step, but Iran will decide on direct or indirect talks only after Washington accepts its terms. These include lifting the sanctions imposed after the Islamabad Memorandum, reducing US forces in the region, restoring oil exemptions, lifting the embargo on frozen Iranian assets including those in Qatar, and recognizing Iran's new Hormuz sea route with Oman. An Iranian delegation left for Doha, where Qatari and Pakistani mediators are consulting, and the Hormuz implementation period that Qatar proposed to reduce to 5 days was shortened to two days in the latest proposal. Iran says its nuclear facilities under the agency's supervision were targeted and the IAEA has no inspection protocol for such cases, and it does not rule out war.