{"id":332559,"date":"2026-05-10T22:23:35","date_gmt":"2026-05-10T16:53:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/?p=332559"},"modified":"2026-05-10T22:23:35","modified_gmt":"2026-05-10T16:53:35","slug":"iran-responds-to-u-s-ceasefire-proposal-as-drones-goal-gulf-nations-national","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/2026\/05\/10\/iran-responds-to-u-s-ceasefire-proposal-as-drones-goal-gulf-nations-national\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran responds to U.S. ceasefire proposal as drones goal Gulf nations – National"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Iran has sent its response to the newest U.S. ceasefire proposal via Pakistani mediators and desires negotiations to give attention to permanently ending the war, Iran\u2019s state-run media said Sunday. Pakistan confirmed receiving it.<\/p>\n

Iran seeks to finish the war on all fronts, including in Lebanon, where Israel fights the Iranian-backed Hezbollah militant group, and to make sure the security of shipping, its state TV said. Washington\u2019s latest proposal addressed a deal to finish the war, reopen the Strait of Hormuz and roll back Iran\u2019s nuclear program, a problem that Tehran would slightly discuss later.<\/p>\n

The White House had no immediate comment about Iran\u2019s reply. President Donald Trump is giving diplomacy \u201cevery likelihood we possibly can before going back to hostilities,\u201d the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, Mike Waltz, told ABC.<\/p>\n

Iran\u2019s latest supreme leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, who has not been seen or heard publicly because the war began, \u201cissued latest and decisive directives for the continuation of operations and the powerful confrontation with the enemies\u201d while meeting with the pinnacle of the joint military command, the state broadcaster reported, with no details.<\/p>\n

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Ceasefire is tested by drones<\/h3>\n

Meanwhile, the delicate ceasefire was tested when a drone ignited a small fire on a ship off Qatar and the United Arab Emirates and Kuwait reported drones entering their airspace. The UAE blamed Iran. No casualties were reported, and nobody immediately claimed responsibility.<\/p>\n

Qatar\u2019s Foreign Ministry called it a \u201cdangerous and unacceptable escalation that threatens the safety and security of maritime trade routes and vital supplies within the region.\u201d<\/p>\n

Iran and armed allied groups like Hezbollah in Lebanon have used drones to perform a whole bunch of strikes because the war began with U.S. and Israeli attacks on Feb. 28.<\/p>\n

Iran says it\u2019s on \u2018full readiness\u2019 to guard nuclear sites<\/h3>\n
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Trump has reiterated threats to resume full-scale bombing if Iran doesn’t accept an agreement to reopen the strait and roll back its nuclear program. Iran has largely blocked the strategic waterway that\u2019s key to the worldwide flow of oil, natural gas and fertilizer because the war began, rattling world markets.<\/p>\n

The U.S. in turn has blockaded Iranian ports and on Friday struck two Iranian oil tankers it said were attempting to breach the blockade. Iran\u2019s Revolutionary Guard navy says any attack on Iranian oil tankers or industrial vessels can be met with a \u201cheavy assault\u201d on certainly one of the U.S. bases within the region and enemy ships.<\/p>\n

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The American military said Sunday that it has turned back 61 industrial vessels and disabled 4 because the blockade began April 13.<\/p>\n

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One other sticking point in negotiations is Iran\u2019s highly enriched uranium. The U.N. nuclear agency says Iran has greater than 440 kilograms (970 kilos) of uranium that’s enriched as much as 60% purity, a brief, technical step from weapons-grade levels.<\/p>\n

In an interview with state media posted late Saturday, an Iranian military spokesperson said its forces were on \u201cfull readiness\u201d to guard nuclear sites where uranium is stored.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe considered it possible that they could intend to steal it through infiltration operations or heli-borne operations,\u201d Brig. Gen. Akrami Nia told the IRNA news agency.<\/p>\n

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