US President Donald Trump’s national security team is reviewing an Iranian peace plan to halt the war and open the Strait of Hormuz, while also pushing back talks on its nuclear programme.
Iran’s Foreign Minister, Abbas Araghchi, has already met Russian President Vladimir Putin in St Petersburg and said Tehran was considering a US request to restart negotiations.
Meanwhile, dozens of nations have called for the “urgent and unimpeded reopening” of the Strait of Hormuz, with UN Chief, Antonio Guterres, warning that the US-Iran standoff in the waterway risks triggering a global food emergency.
Israel and Hezbollah continue to trade fire as the death toll from Israeli attacks on Lebanon since an April 17 “ceasefire” rises to at least 40 people.–BBC
