Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian says Iran will return to a ceasefire if the United States does the same. Speaking on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit in Kyrgyzstan, he calls for both sides to revert to an existing ceasefire arrangement.
Iran’s proposal is framed in the context of renewed tensions and exchanges of fire over the weekend between Iran and the US. Euronews reports that Iran links the offer to conditions related to the demands of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), including matters connected to control of the Strait of Hormuz and compensation for war-related harms—terms Washington is said to be unlikely to accept.
Overall, both outlets describe the same core message from Iran at the SCO summit: a reciprocal ceasefire approach, with Iran signalling that broader issues beyond the ceasefire itself remain part of its negotiating stance.
