{"id":4145,"date":"2026-11-10T18:04:01","date_gmt":"2026-11-10T13:04:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=4145"},"modified":"2026-11-10T18:04:01","modified_gmt":"2026-11-10T13:04:01","slug":"iran-urges-us-to-meet-hormuz-demands-as-trump-sees-momentum-to-end-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=4145","title":{"rendered":"Iran urges US to meet Hormuz demands as Trump sees ‘momentum’ to end war"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Iran on Tuesday urged the United States to meet its demands for reopening the Strait of Hormuz after President Donald Trump spoke of \u201cpositive momentum\u201d towards ending their eight-month war.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Qatar and Pakistan are leading diplomatic efforts to resolve the Middle East war, which broke out with US-Israeli strikes that killed Iran\u2019s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in late February.<\/p>\n

Tehran has said it could reopen Hormuz, the vital global energy conduit that it has blockaded since the start of the conflict, within two days if Washington meets a raft of conditions.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe conflict with Iran will not be resolved through military means, nor by intensifying sanctions,\u201d Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi told Iran\u2019s IRNA<\/em> news agency.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe only solution is to adopt a language of respect, engage in diplomacy, and address Iran\u2019s demands and conditions \u2014 which were outlined in the two-day proposal and remain on the table.\u201d<\/p>\n

Iran\u2019s conditions have included ending the war on all fronts, unfreezing Iranian assets, lifting oil sanctions and ending the US counter-blockade of Iranian ports.<\/p>\n

On Monday, Trump said there was momentum towards ending the conflict after meeting Qatar\u2019s prime minister at the White House.<\/p>\n

Washington has in recent days appeared to taper down threats of renewed strikes on the Islamic Republic after Trump\u2019s Republican Party last week lost midterm elections, in part due to the war.<\/p>\n

In a post on social media, Trump reiterated that the US was \u201clocked and loaded\u201d but said further strikes were \u201cquite unlikely\u201d given that key US allies in the Gulf \u201cwould prefer the status quo\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are seeing positive momentum toward an end to this Conflict, and will ensure that America\u2019s interests are at all times protected,\u201d Trump wrote.<\/p>\n

<\/a>US \u2018more flexible\u2019 after midterms<\/h3>\n

Qatari foreign ministry official Ibrahim Al-Hashmi confirmed \u201cprogress\u201d in the negotiations.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe mediator is making a persistent and earnest effort to bridge the gaps between the parties\u2019 positions,\u201d he told a regular briefing, adding: \u201cWe remain hopeful.\u201d<\/p>\n

Iranian political analyst Ali Bigdeli said the outcome of the US elections appeared to have \u201csomewhat reduced Iran\u2019s flexibility, whereas the Americans have become more flexible\u201d.<\/p>\n

He noted that the Iranian demands were \u201cdemanding and heavy for the United States to accept\u201d but added that \u201cengaging in direct talks\u201d could bear results.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe two nations have reached such a deep state of mutual distrust and uncertainty that the situation has become extremely difficult,\u201d said Bigdeli, a professor of political science from Shahid Beheshti University.<\/p>\n

Iran\u2019s security chief Mohsen Rezaei urged Washington to \u201csurrender\u201d to the Iranian demands.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe war on Iran has already wrecked the US government. But Washington flails like a desperate gambler. FOLD YOUR HAND. STOP manufacturing FAKE NEWS about imaginary talks,\u201d said Rezaei, the head of Iran\u2019s Supreme National Security Council, in a post on X.<\/p>\n

The possibility of renewed fighting has caused concern among Iran\u2019s Gulf neighbours, which bore the brunt of Tehran\u2019s retaliatory missile and drone attacks.<\/p>\n

On Monday, Anwar Gargash, diplomatic adviser to the United Arab Emirates\u2019 president, said the UAE hoped diplomatic solutions \u201ccan ensure lasting peace and stability in the Gulf\u201d.<\/p>\n

But Gargash also warned of \u201ca long period of uncertainty in which neither a decisive resolution nor a stable regional order can be taken for granted\u201d.<\/p>\n

In Saudi Arabia, multiple explosions were heard in the capital, Riyadh, as the coalition fighting Yemen\u2019s Iran-backed Houthis said it had intercepted a ballistic missile launched by the group.<\/p>\n

The kingdom has faced near-daily strikes from the Houthis for weeks after a truce in their long-running conflict unravelled in July, opening a new front in the broader Middle East war.<\/p>\n

On Sunday, Israel\u2019s hawkish Defence Minister Israel Katz said the mission in Iran was still \u201cnot complete\u201d and warned Tehran\u2019s Lebanese ally Hezbollah to hold fire in any resumption of war.<\/p>\n

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who is fighting to stay in office after a tight election race, has threatened new strikes against Iran, but it remains unclear whether Trump would support him after his midterm defeat.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Iran on Tuesday urged the United States to meet its demands for reopening the Strait of Hormuz after President Donald Trump spoke of \u201cpositive momentum\u201d towards ending their eight-month war. Qatar and Pakistan are leading diplomatic efforts to resolve the Middle East war, which broke out with US-Israeli strikes that killed Iran\u2019s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in late February. Tehran has said it could reopen Hormuz, the vital global energy conduit that it has blockaded since the start of the conflict, within two days if Washington meets a raft…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4145","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english"],"gutentor_comment":0,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4145","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4145"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4145\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4145"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4145"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4145"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}