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  "id": 19134499,
  "title": "Iran defends two-day proposal for peace talks after US rejects conditions",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/09/iran-defends-two-day-proposal-for-peace-talks-after-us-rejects-19134499",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-11-09T09:50:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Business Recorder",
    "slug": "business-recorder",
    "url": "https://www.brecorder.com/news/40448117/iran-defends-two-day-proposal-for-peace-talks-after-us-rejects-conditions"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Dubai - Iran defended its proposal on Monday to resume peace talks within a two-day window, claiming it to be the most reasonable offer available, following US Secretary of State Marco Rubio's rejection of some of Iran's conditions. Speaking at a weekly press conference, Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei responded to Rubio's remarks, questioning the rationale behind Iran's demands for the lifting of illegal US sanctions, the cessation of naval blockades, and the end of hostilities on all fronts before negotiations could commence.\n\nBaghaei emphasized that Iran's revised offer, reducing the time from seven days to two, comes after the earlier proposal, which demanded that the United States first meet several conditions before engaging in peace talks. He also rejected US pressure on Iraq to close most of its borders with Iran, stating that such pressure should not impact bilateral relations between Baghdad and Tehran.\n\nBaghaei dismissed a US military task force aimed at restricting Iran's land trade as a distraction, following President Donald Trump's Republican Party's losses in the recent midterm elections.",
  "summary": "DUBAI: Iran defended a proposal on Monday to restart peace talks in as few as two days as the most reasonable offer on the table, after US Secretary of State Marco Rubio called some of Iran’s conditions “outrageous and ridiculous”. “Is it unreasonable that Iran demands that US illegal sanctions and its naval blockade must be lifted before negotiations start and that the war should end on all…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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