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Iranian Foreign Minister Meets Putin; US Reviews Strait of Hormuz Proposal
Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi met with Russian President Vladimir Putin in St. Petersburg amid stalled peace talks with the US. The US is reviewing an Iranian proposal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz if Washington postpones nuclear talks and lifts its naval blockade. Tensions persist over US seizures of Iran-linked tankers and the ongoing conflict.
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Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi met with Russian President Vladimir Putin in St. Petersburg on Monday to discuss potential new talks with the United States. According to Al Jazeera, Araghchi stated that "the US has offered a new round of talks" and that Iran is considering them.
Putin expressed Moscow's support for efforts to end the conflict, as reported in multiple outlets including France 24.
The meeting followed diplomatic activity in Pakistan over the weekend. Iranian state media reported that Araghchi arrived in Islamabad on Friday and returned on Sunday for discussions focused on resolving the nearly two-month conflict. The United States canceled plans to send envoys to Pakistan for the talks, according to CBS News and the Foundation for Defense of Democracies.
The White House confirmed receiving a proposal from Iran, delivered via Pakistan, to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, as detailed in Foreign Policy. The proposal aims to address the ongoing blockade and escalating tensions in the strait, which handles significant global oil flow.
Iran's Foreign Ministry has condemned U.S. seizures of Iran-linked tankers, describing them as "outright legalization of" unspecified actions, per a statement cited by Deltaone. Iranian officials blamed the U.S. for the failure of recent peace talks, according to France 24.
The South China Morning Post reported that President Trump is reviewing Iran's "red lines" in the proposal. No publicly released evidence has documented claims of elite fragmentation in Iran, though analyses from the Hoover Institution and Hudson Institute speculate on internal power struggles and signs of rupture caused by such struggles, attributed to named experts Nadia Schadlow and Can Kasapoglu.
French Foreign Minister, as quoted in Al-Monitor, stated that "Iran must make major concessions" to end the crisis. The vessels involved in U.S. patrols near the Strait of Hormuz on April 20 have not been publicly identified beyond descriptions as Iranian-flagged, according to available reports.
