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The Iranians “are humiliating” the United States. German Chancellor Friedrich Merz mentioned this in Berlin, harshly criticizing the conflict determined by the USA and Israel in opposition to the Tehran regime. «I do not see what the exit technique is, the Guardians of the Revolution have humiliated a complete nation. As Europeans – he added – we need to commit ourselves to a diplomatic resolution”.

Remote negotiations between Washington and Tehran continue but there is no way out. While even the new proposal, delivered by Iran to the USA, seems destined only to fuel further tensions. «President Donald Trump says he won but he hasn’t achieved even one of his goals. That’s why he asks us to negotiate, we are evaluating”, mentioned the Iranian Foreign Minister, Abbas Araghchi, from St. Petersburg the place he met the Russian chief Vladimir Putin.

A form of opening got here from the White House on Sunday evening, nonetheless linked to Tehran’s renunciation of its nuclear program. «If they need to negotiate, they will name us. There is a phone. We have safe traces,” Trump said after canceling the mission to Islamabad of envoy Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, the tycoon’s son-in-law now promoted to mediator in international conflicts. «The Iranians know what must be in the agreement. It’s very simple: they cannot have a nuclear weapon: otherwise there is no reason to meet”, added the US president.

The new Iranian proposal

Today Tehran delivered a brand new proposal to the United States “in stages” by Pakistani mediators: the regime – based on the Axios company – mentioned it was able to reopen Hormuz, in change for the top of the blockade of Iranian ports nonetheless managed by American army forces, and when it receives ensures on the top of the assaults by the USA and Israel. Only at a later stage, below situations of stability and with out the specter of raids, will Iranian leaders agree to debate the phrases of its nuclear program. The parts of the proposal have been additionally described in the same method by the Lebanese TV Al-Mayadeen, near Hezbollah. And, in harsher tones, from the Iranian company Tasnim, linked to the Pasdaran.

Trump “has discussed Tehran’s latest proposal” along with his advisers, “but I wouldn’t say the United States is considering it,” White House spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt mentioned. While US Secretary of State Marco Rubio rejected the Iranian plan whereas saying he was satisfied that “the Iranian economy is on its knees” and that because of this Tehran “really wants” to achieve an settlement: “Too many conditions, they want to maintain control over Hormuz, this is not an opening. These are – Rubio continued – international waters. Iran cannot decide who can access it, under the threat of bombs.”