Iran on Monday rejected a proposed 45-day ceasefire as President Trump’s Tuesday deadline approaches.
The ceasefire reportedly was being mediated through Pakistan, Egypt, and Turkey.
However, Iran is seeking a permanent end to the conflict.
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More from the Associated Press:
Tehran conveyed its 10-point response through Pakistan, a key mediator, including proposals on reconstruction and the lifting of sanctions, Iran’s state-run IRNA news agency said.
“We only accept an end of the war with guarantees that we won’t be attacked again,” Mojtaba Ferdousi Pour, head of Iran’s diplomatic mission in Cairo, told The Associated Press. He said Iran no longer trusts the Trump administration after the U.S. bombed the Islamic Republic twice during previous rounds of talks.
And yet a regional official involved in talks said efforts had not collapsed. “We are still talking to both sides,” he said, speaking on condition of anonymity to discuss closed-door diplomacy.
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