Pakistan's army chief, Field Marshal Asim Munir, landed in Tehran on Tuesday carrying a proposal that Qatar and Pakistan describe as a middle ground between the United States and Iran.
Israel's Channel 12 reported on Tuesday evening that Washington had approved it and that Iran had given it a preliminary yes. Iran's top security official told Munir the opposite. Mohsen Rezaei, the secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, said there will be no negotiations unless Washington takes steps and meets Iran's conditions, Al Jazeera Arabic reported. The proposal includes an answer to Iran's demand for its frozen funds, the condition that has blocked every attempt at talks since the summer.
Tehran said in September it would reopen the Strait of Hormuz within seven days in exchange for an end to the U.S. blockade of its ports, an easing of oil sanctions, the release of its frozen assets abroad and a halt to hostilities on every front, with nuclear talks only after that.
