A bulk carrier near Strait of Hormuz reports being attacked as Iran makes new peace proposal

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A bulk bearer adjacent the Strait of Hormuz has reported being attacked by aggregate tiny craft, the British military’s United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations halfway said Sunday, marking astatine slightest 2 twelve attacks successful and astir the strait since the Iran warfare began.

All unit connected the unidentified northbound bearer were harmless aft the onslaught disconnected Sirik, Iran, eastbound of the strait, the show said. Iranian officials person asserted that they power the strait and that ships not affiliated with the United States oregon Israel tin walk if they wage a toll.

There was nary contiguous assertion of work for the attack, the archetypal reported successful the country since April 22, erstwhile a cargo store reported being fired upon, the show said. The menace level successful the country remains critical. Tehran efficaciously closed the strait by attacking and threatening ships.

The fragile three-week ceasefire appears to beryllium holding, though President Donald Trump connected Saturday told journalists that further strikes remained a possibility.

Iran makes caller connection to US seeking to extremity the war

Iran’s latest connection to the United States wants issues betwixt them to beryllium resolved wrong 30 days and aims to extremity the warfare alternatively than widen the ceasefire, according to Iran’s state-linked media.

Trump connected Saturday said helium was reviewing the connection but expressed uncertainty it would pb to a deal, adding connected societal media that “they person not yet paid a large capable terms for what they person done to Humanity, and the World, implicit the past 47 years” since the Islamic Revolution there.

Iran’s 14-point connection besides calls for the U.S. lifting sanctions connected Iran, ending the U.S. naval blockade of Iranian ports, withdrawing forces from the portion and ceasing each hostilities, including Israel’s operations successful Lebanon, according to the semiofficial Nour News and Tasnim agencies, which person adjacent ties to Iran's information organizations.

There was nary notation successful those reports, however, of Iran's atomic programme and its enriched uranium, agelong the cardinal contented successful tensions with the U.S. and 1 that Tehran would alternatively code later.

Iran sent its reply via Pakistan, which hosted face-to-face talks past period betwixt Iran and the United States.

Pakistan's premier minister, overseas curate and service main proceed to promote the U.S. and Iran to talk directly, according to 2 officials successful Pakistan who spoke connected information of anonymity due to the fact that they were not authorized to talk to the media.

Also connected Sunday, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi spoke with Oman’s Foreign Minister Badr al-Busaidi, who oversaw erstwhile rounds of talks earlier the war.

Iran stands steadfast connected Strait of Hormuz

Trump has offered a program to reopen the Strait of Hormuz astatine the rima of the Persian Gulf, wherever astir a 5th of the world’s commercialized successful lipid and earthy state typically passes, on with fertilizer severely needed by farmers astir the world.

Iran's grip connected the strait, imposed aft the U.S. and Israel launched the warfare connected Feb. 28, has shaken planetary markets.

Tehran “will not backmost down from our presumption connected the Strait of Hormuz, and it volition not instrumentality to its prewar conditions," Iran’s lawman parliament talker said Sunday. Ali Nikzad, who has nary decision-making powerfulness successful parliament, spoke portion visiting larboard facilities connected strategical Larak Island.

The U.S. has warned shipping companies they could look sanctions for paying Iran successful immoderate form, including integer assets, to transit the strait safely. Meanwhile, the U.S. naval blockade since April 13 is depriving Tehran of lipid gross it needs to enactment up its ailing economy.

“We deliberation that they’ve gotten little than $1.3 cardinal successful tolls, which is simply a pittance connected their erstwhile regular lipid revenues,” U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told Fox News connected Sunday. He said Iran's lipid retention is rapidly filling up and "they’re going to person to commencement shutting successful wells, which we deliberation could hap successful the adjacent week.”

Iran's currency continues to tumble

On Sunday, the 2nd time of Iran's moving week, the rial weakened further against the U.S. dollar. In Tehran’s Ferdowsi Street, the capital’s main currency speech hub, the dollar was trading astatine 1,840,000 rials.

Analysts accidental determination is simply a beardown anticipation the currency volition gaffe further.

The rial was trading astatine 1.3 cardinal to the dollar successful December, a grounds debased astatine the time, and triggered wide protests implicit the worsening economy. Markets successful Tehran stay unstable, with prices of immoderate goods rising daily.

According to reports successful Iranian media, respective factories person not renewed contracts for workers aft the Iranian caller twelvemonth successful March, and important numbers person mislaid their jobs.

Yousef Pezeshkian, the lad and advisor of President Masoud Pezeshkian, wrote connected Telegram that some the United States and Iran spot themselves arsenic the victor of the warfare and are unwilling to backmost down.

Nobel committee urges attraction for Iranian laureate

The Norwegian Nobel Committee connected Saturday urged Iran to instantly transportation imprisoned Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi for attraction by her aesculapian squad successful Tehran aft her wellness sharply deteriorated.

The committee said it was successful interaction with Mohammadi’s household and lawyer, and that the 2023 laureate’s beingness remains astatine risk.

The rights lawyer fainted doubly successful situation connected Friday successful the northwestern metropolis of Zanjan, her instauration said, and was admitted to a section hospital. Her lawyers person said she is believed to person suffered a bosom onslaught successful precocious March.

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Lidman reported from Tel Aviv, Israel. Associated Press writers Amir Vahdat successful Tehran, Iran and Munir Ahmed successful Islamabad contributed to this report.

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