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According to the proposed plan, the negotiations at this stage are focused on ending the ongoing war in the region.
A woman holds the Iranian flag as she stands infront of an anti-US billboard referring to President Donald Trump and the Strait of Hormuz. (AFP photo)
Iran has submitted its response to the US draft peace proposal aimed at ending the West Asia war, Iranian state media and the Pakistan Foreign Office source confirmed on Sunday.
Tehran has delivered its response to Pakistani mediators regarding the latest proposal, state media reported. However, it did not provide any further details on the nature of the response.
Sources told CNN-News18 that Pakistani mediators expressed cautious optimism, describing the exchange as a “positive step toward de-escalation in West Asia”.
According to the proposed plan, the negotiations at this stage are focused on ending the ongoing war in the region.
Iranian officials are believed to have included revised conditions in the document, including demands for security guarantees, sanctions relief, and a permanent end to hostilities involving Israel.
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Drone Strikes Rock Gulf Waters
This latest development comes as multiple drone strikes were reported across key maritime areas in the Gulf on Sunday, including incidents involving commercial vessels near Qatar and the United Arab Emirates.
One of the drones struck a freighter sailing towards Qatar from Abu Dhabi, according to regional defence reports. Qatar’s defence ministry said the vessel sustained a small fire but there were no casualties.
The UAE also said its air defence systems intercepted two unmanned aerial vehicles launched from Iran, describing it as a direct attack on its territory.
On Saturday, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps had warned that any strikes on Iranian tankers or commercial shipping would result in retaliation against “enemy ships and American centres” in the Middle East, a day after a US fighter jet reportedly disabled two Iranian-flagged tankers in the Gulf of Oman to prevent them from continuing towards Iran.
Iran has tightened control over the strategic Strait of Hormuz since the war broke out on February 28. The US Navy, meanwhile, has since last month been enforcing a naval blockade of Iranian ports, diverting or disabling ships linked to Iran, following the failure of the first peace talks between Washington and Tehran in Islamabad.
(With inputs from agencies)
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