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Fighting with US 'likely' to resume after rejection of Iranian offer to open Hormuz, official says


Live Updates: Fighting with US 'likely' to resume after rejection of Iranian offer to open Hormuz, official says

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A senior Iranian official said that fighting with the US was "likely" to resume after US President Donald Trump said he was dissatisfied with Tehran's new proposal, Iranian media reported on Saturday.

Iran's Fars news agency cited Mohammad Jafar Asadi, a senior figure in the Iranian military's central command, as saying that "a renewed conflict between Iran and the United States is likely."

This comes after Reuters reported that an Iranian proposal rejected by US President Donald Trump would open shipping in the Strait of Hormuz and end the US blockade of Iran while leaving talks on Iran's nuclear program for later, a senior Iranian official said on Saturday.


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Iranian official says conflict with US 'likely' to restart after Trump rejects proposal 

A senior Iranian official said that fighting with the US was "likely" to resume after US President Donald Trump said he was dissatisfied with Tehran's new proposal, Iranian media reported on Saturday. 

Iran's Fars news agency cited Mohammad Jafar Asadi, a senior figure in the Iranian military's central command, as saying that "a renewed conflict between Iran and the United States is likely." 

This comes after Reuters reported that an Iranian proposal rejected by US President Donald Trump would open shipping in the Strait of Hormuz and end the US blockade of Iran while leaving talks on Iran's nuclear program for later, a senior Iranian official said on Saturday.

Four weeks since the United States and Israel suspended their bombing campaign against Iran, no deal has been reached to end a war that has caused the biggest disruption ever to global energy supplies. Iran has been blocking nearly all shipping from the Gulf apart from its own for more than two months.




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