2h ago
14.35 BST
Iran
'positively' reviewing US peace talks participation - but no decision yet,
official says
A senior
Iranian official has told the Reuters news agency that Tehran is “positively
reviewing” its participation in potential peace talks with the US but stressed
that no final decision has been made.
As we
have been reporting, Iran said earlier that it has no plans for a new round of
talks with the US, ahead of the end of the ceasefire on Wednesday (see post at
08.59 for more details).
The
Iranian foreign ministry spokesperson, Esmaeil Baghaei, said that the US attack
on the Iranian cargo ship this morning, the US naval blockade on Iranian ports
and delays in implementing a ceasefire in Lebanon were all “clear violations of
the ceasefire”.
It is
unclear whether a second round of negotiations scheduled to take place in the
Pakistani capital of Islamabad today will go ahead as planned.
Updated
at
14.35 BST
2h ago
14.26 BST
Only
three ships crossed the strait of Hormuz on Monday, according to data from
Kpler, after only one made it through yesterday. The average number of vessels
crossing the vital waterway before the war was over 120 per day.
In
response to US-Israeli attacks on Iran in late February, Tehran effectively
closed the strait to vessels, only allowing a relatively small number of ships
from “friendly” countries like China, Malaysia and Pakistan through.
Iranian
authorities have since demanded the right to impose tolls on vessels transiting
the vital waterway, where roughly 20% of the world’s oil and liquefied natural
gas usually passes through, including after the war ends. This is something
that the US says it won’t accept.
On
Friday, Iran said it would be “completely open” to commercial vessels for the
remainder of the ceasefire between the US and Iran, which is due to end on
Wednesday.
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