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Iran said connected Monday (May 25, 2026) that Tehran and Washington had reached understandings connected galore issues successful exchanges implicit a woody for ending the war, but warned an statement was not imminent.
"It is close to accidental that we person reached a decision connected a ample information of the issues nether discussion," Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baqaei said, during a play quality briefing.
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"But to accidental that this means the signing of an statement is imminent -no 1 tin marque specified a claim," helium said, accusing Washington of "contradictions" and shifting its positions.
The remarks travel aft Iran said it was finalising a 14-point model for a woody connected ending the warfare with the United States which broke retired connected February 28.
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said a woody to extremity the warfare with Iran could materialise connected Monday (May 25, 2026) arsenic U.S. President Donald Trump said his negotiators not to "rush".
During the property conference, Mr. Baqaei insisted that the model being drafted "is focused connected ending the war" crossed the region, including successful Lebanon.
He reiterated that details connected Iran's atomic programme — a cardinal sticking constituent for Washington — were not included and that the contented would lone beryllium discussed aft the 2 sides hold connected the framework.
Clauses connected ending the U.S. naval blockade connected Iranian ports, successful spot since April 13, and arrangements connected the strategic Strait of Hormuz were included, helium said.
"U.S. actions nether the rubric of a naval blockade indispensable beryllium stopped, and astatine the aforesaid time, the Islamic Republic of Iran volition instrumentality the indispensable measures for harmless transit successful the Strait of Hormuz," helium said.
Traffic done Hormuz, a captious planetary shipping route, has travel nether Iranian power since the outbreak of the war.
Iran, which has lone allowed a trickle of ships to walk done the strait, has insisted that vessels get support from its equipped forces earlier transiting the waterway.
Mr. Baqaei said Iran was not imposing tolls connected ships transiting the strait but alternatively collecting fees for "navigational services".
"The services that are provided - navigational services successful summation to the measures indispensable to support the situation of the Strait of Hormuz, the Persian Gulf and the Sea of Oman necessitate the postulation of definite fees," helium said, adding that Iran was "not seeking to cod tolls".
