Iran Receives US Ceasefire Response as Washington Ends 23-Year Iraq Deployment
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Updated · Reuters · Sep 30
Iran Receives US Ceasefire Response as Washington Ends 23-Year Iraq Deployment
3 articles · Updated · Reuters · Sep 30
Summary
Iran said it received a U.S. response to its latest Gulf ceasefire proposal, days after Donald Trump publicly said he had rejected Tehran's offer.
Qatari mediators relayed the response after New York talks last week; an official said both sides broadly agree on needed steps but still dispute their sequencing.
The proposal would have the United States lift its blockade of Iranian ports and Iran reopen the Strait of Hormuz within 7 days, reviving an interim deal that collapsed weeks after June.
Washington also withdrew its last troops from Iraq on Wednesday, ending a 23-year deployment that Tehran and Iran-backed militias hailed as a strategic victory.
The parallel diplomacy and pullout come in the war's 8th month, with Hormuz traffic still disrupted and attacks on shipping keeping pressure on global energy flows.