Iran on Monday said the demands it set out in its latest formal response to the United States peace proposal were legitimate, after US President Donald Trump dismissed the reply as totally unacceptable.
Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei told a weekly press briefing that Tehran had sought an end to the war across the region, the lifting of what he described as the US blockade of Iranian ports, and the release of Iranian assets frozen abroad.
We did not demand any concessions. The only thing we demanded was Iran’s legitimate rights, Baghaei said. He added that Iran’s demands included an end to the war in the region, lifting the US blockade and piracy, and the release of assets belonging to the Iranian people that he said had for years been unjustly trapped in foreign banks.
He also said safe passage through the Strait of Hormuz, along with establishing security in the region and Lebanon, formed part of Iran’s demands, which he described as a generous and responsible offer for regional security.
