US, Iran separately talk with mediators in latest bid to end war

U.S. and Iranian officials engaged in separate meetings with mediators on Monday, as part of a renewed initiative to bring an end to the ongoing seven-month conflict, according to officials from both nations. Subsequent discussions are anticipated to concentrate on a revised seven-day plan that Iran submitted last week during a visit to the United Nations General Assembly, according to a source familiar with the negotiations.

The war erupted in late February following U.S. and Israeli assaults on Iran, resulting in thousands of casualties over a seven-month period and causing global markets to be unsettled due to the blockage of crucial waterways for oil. The U.S. and Iran have previously reached two instances of ceasefires through mediated peace talks, one in April and another in June, but both agreements were short-lived.

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi, who had remained in New York after attending the General Assembly, mentioned that Iran anticipated receiving the U.S. response to its latest ceasefire proposals and the conditions for reopening maritime traffic in the Strait of Hormuz, as reported by the state news agency IRNA. If the Americans express their intention to seek an agreement or a peaceful solution.