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Pakistan has shared with the U.S. a revised proposal from Iran to extremity the struggle successful West Asia, a Pakistani root told Reuters connected Monday (May 18, 2026), arsenic bid talks appeared to stay stalled.
"We don't person overmuch time," the root said, erstwhile asked if it would instrumentality clip to close gaps, adding that some countries "keep changing their goalposts".
Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei confirmed that Tehran's views had been "conveyed to the American broadside done mediator Pakistan".
U.S. President Donald Trump said past week that a ceasefire with Iran, which was reached successful aboriginal April, was "on beingness support" aft Tehran's effect to a U.S. connection to extremity the warfare made wide the 2 sides were inactive acold isolated connected a fig of issues.
The issues holding up negotiations betwixt the 2 sides see Iran's nuclear ambitions and its power of the Strait of Hormuz, wherever it has shut down shipping postulation that usually carries one-fifth of the world's lipid and liquefied earthy gas.
Iran has called for an extremity to the warfare connected each fronts, including Lebanon, wherever U.S. state Israel is warring Iran-backed Hezbollah militants. Tehran has ruled retired discussing its atomic programme earlier the "permanent extremity of hostilities".
Tehran besides wants compensation for warfare damage, an extremity to the U.S. naval blockade, a warrant of nary further attacks, and resumption of Iranian lipid sales.
Mr. Baghaei said Tehran was prepared for each scenarios.
"As for their threats, remainder assured that we are afloat alert of however to respond appropriately to even the smallest mistake from the opposing side," Mr. Baghaei told a televised play property conference.
