Reported by Al Jazeera
Indirect talks continue as Trump says US military struck an Iranian anti-aircraft facility on Tuesday.
Iran has called the US response to its seven conditions for reopening the Strait of Hormuz “unconvincing” as US President Donald Trump confirmed launching strikes on an Iranian island near the strategic waterway.
The developments on Tuesday came as Qatar stepped up diplomatic efforts to avert a renewed war between the US and Iran and as another oil tanker was attacked in the Strait of Hormuz.
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The indirect talks centre on an Iranian proposal to reopen the waterway over two days, if the US meets Tehran’s seven demands, including the lifting of sanctions and ending a US naval blockade.
Despite reports of progress in recent days, Mohsen Rezaei , the secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, said on Tuesday that Washington’s response had fallen short.
“America’s response to Iran’s rights and demands was not convincing, and they must fully and explicitly address Iran’s seven conditions and act upon them,” he wrote on X.
His post came after Majed al-Ansari, a spokesperson for Qatar’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, said that talks were continuing and that both sides “remain committed to the negotiation process “.
He said Qatar was facilitating the “real-time exchange of proposals between” the US and Iran.
In Washington, DC, Trump confirmed the US had struck Iran early on Tuesday, telling Fox News that the strikes had targeted an anti-aircraft facility.
He described the operation as a “minor attack” and said it “wasn’t war”.
“They built an anti-aircraft facility. It took them about two months. We watched it get built. As soon as it was completed, we hit it last night,” he said.
Iranian media said the strikes hit Qeshm Island in the Gulf near the Strait of Hormuz. Earlier in the day, US officials told US media that the strikes had been “defensive” and followed Iranian fire at an American aircraft.
The strikes came as US media, citing US officials, reported that Central Command had prepared plans for strikes that could begin as early as Wednesday, after the midterm elections, when three…