Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi on Monday said that Tehran is considering US President Donald Trump’s request for negotiations on ending the war.
Speaking to reporters in Russia, Araghchi said that Iran has stood up against the world’s “greatest superpower” – the United States of America – and the country has requested negotiations after failing to achieve even one single war goal.
“It is clear that Iran has stood up against the world’s greatest superpower, and they have not achieved even one of their goals. This is why they have requested negotiations, and we are currently considering it,” Araghchi told the Russian media.
His remarks indicating a change in Iran’s stance on holding fresh negotiations with the United States came shortly after he met Russian President Vladimir Putin.
The Iranian leader conveyed a message from Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei to Putin and thanked him for Russia’s support during the conflict with the United States and Israel.
According to Russia’s Sputnik, Putin assured the Iranian minister that Russia would do “everything possible with regional states to quickly restore peace in the Middle East.”
With Pakistan’s mediation efforts not yielding any positive results, Russia also offered “goodwill or mediation services acceptable to both sides” in future negotiations.
“We will be ready to do everything to ensure that peace, a guaranteed peace, ultimately prevails and that there is no return to hostilities,” he added.
Meanwhile, Tehran has reportedly reached out to Washington with a fresh proposal routed through Pakistan, offering a pathway to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and potentially bring the ongoing conflict to an end.
According to a report by Axios, framework proposes reopening the Strait of Hormuz and lifting the US naval blockade as immediate steps. This could be followed by either an extended ceasefire or a permanent end to hostilities.
Only after these steps are taken would nuclear discussions begin, the report said.