Gulf Nations Face New Reality, Whether Cease-Fire Holds or Not
The countries will have to re-evaluate their relationships with Israel, Iran and the United States after a war that has exposed their vulnerability.
The countries will have to re-evaluate their relationships with Israel, Iran and the United States after a war that has exposed their vulnerability.
President Trump has told Iran it must open the Strait of Hormuz by 8 p.m. Tuesday or face the consequences, although he has delayed previous deadlines.
One potential off-ramp appeared when Iran offered a 10-point counterproposal for ending the war that President Trump called a significant step, if “not good enough.”
Any decision by Iran to keep fighting would complicate President Trump’s stated goal of trying to end the war within weeks.
The letter, by President Masoud Pezeshkian of Iran, was at times defiant, patronizing or conciliatory, and came hours before President Trump was set to address the American people on the war.
For a second time, President Trump extended the deadline for Iran to fully reopen the Strait of Hormuz.
President Trump pivoted after escalating threats. Israel also announced it had killed an Iranian commander leading efforts to block the Strait of Hormuz to almost all shipping traffic.
A Board of Peace member said the most dangerous weapons would be collected first. He linked compliance with disarmament to reconstruction beginning in the enclave.
The 15-point plan was delivered via Pakistan, whose army chief has emerged as the key interlocutor between the United States and Iran, officials say.
The new war has led to panic buying and a surge in food prices for Gazans as they try to recover from Israel’s two-year offensive against Hamas.