The talks followed Trump’s General Assembly speech threatening Iran while predicting a deal after November’s US midterm elections. “Do I annihilate the Islamic Republic, and do it quickly, never giving them a chance to kill and destroy again?” he asked. Trump also urged other nations to economically isolate Iran and reiterated that he would not allow it to acquire a nuclear weapon.
Iran conveyed its conditions through a Qatari mediator, Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmail Baghaei said. They included an end to war on all fronts, US military action, the naval blockade and economic warfare, along with the release of Iranian assets. Earlier Tuesday, a senior Iranian official told Reuters that Tehran could reopen the Strait of Hormuz within seven days if Washington eased military pressure and lifted its port blockade. That proposal reached Washington through mediators on Sept. 16. Brent and US crude futures fell more than 1% after an earlier Kyodo report on the offer.