WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump said Friday that he was expecting Iran’s response to Washington’s latest proposal on a deal to ending the Middle East war by “tonight.”
“I’m getting a letter supposedly tonight, so we’ll see how that goes,” Trump told reporters outside the White House.
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Trump did not elaborate on the contents of the proposal.
The US on Friday fired on and disabled two Iranian-flagged tankers that it said were trying to breach the US-imposed blockade on Iranian ports.
The US and Israel launched strikes on Iran on February 28. Tehran has retaliated by attempting strikes on Israeli and American bases in the region, in addition to targeting civilian infrastructure in neighboring countries and blocking off the Strait of Hormuz.
Pakistan has acted as a mediary between the US and Iran to put an end to the three-months-long war, but neither side has agreed on peace proposals so far.
