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Mediators proposing 10-day truce to revive MOU with US, senior Iranian official says
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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Mediators have passed Iran a proposal to de-escalate the war with the US that would offer a 10-day ceasefire to find ways to revive an interim deal reached last month, a senior Iranian official tells Reuters.
The memorandum of understanding signed last month included a 60-day ceasefire pausing the war that broke out with US-Israeli strikes targeting the Iranian regime in late February, as well as the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz and a timeframe for a final deal to permanently end the conflict and reach an agreement on Iran’s nuclear program.
Israel had no part in negotiating the memorandum of understanding, and Israeli officials are bitterly opposed to the deal’s terms, which resolved none of the war’s key goals — notably, eliminating Iran’s nuclear and ballistic missile programs and creating the conditions for the collapse of the regime.
Times of Israel staff contributed to this report.
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