Iran says it has presented a new proposal to the U.S. to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and restart negotiations toward a “final deal.”

Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said the U.S. would have seven days after accepting the proposal to meet undisclosed conditions based on the June Islamabad agreement, which covered sanctions relief, frozen assets and an end to military operations.

Tehran is awaiting a U.S. response and says it would prefer talks to resume before the U.S. midterm elections in early November.

Source: CNN

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian:

We did not choose war. The war was imposed on us.

We don’t seek war. Rather, whenever they attack us, we are forced to defend ourselves.

We never started a war, but if they wish to keep fighting us, we will respond strongly.

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian:

We did reach an agreement with Trump. That agreement was signed, and based on that, we are willing and still wish to move forward, and the framework was agreed upon.

We had not closed the Strait of Hormuz. It was open. Without any legal justification or framework, they attacked us.

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian:

One of the problems that we face is that our money in China is blocked.

We can't even get our own money out of a country to which we have supplied goods, let alone use those funds to pay someone else in another corner of the world.

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian:

Whomever wishes to protest is fully entitled to do so. We sat and had a dialogue with many of these protesters. Now, weaponizing protests, that’s a whole different affair.

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian:

If the current American government, within the international legal framework, wishes to reach an agreement, fine.

If not, before the elections or after the elections, what difference does it make for us?

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian:

We never sought war. We do not seek war. I deeply believe that humans should not cause the death of another human.

We are supposed to be the chosen beings of creation. When we can resolve issues through dialogue, we shouldn't resort to killing one another.

But with the instigations conducted by Israel, they have imposed this war on us. But we do not wish to continue. It's America that must choose whether it wants to end this or not.

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian:

Trump kept saying, “I want to bring a gift to the people of Iran,” but the gift that they brought us was guided missiles, heavy weapons, and destruction.

What they truly wish to do is to instigate incidents in the country that pave the way for the downfall of the system, of the society, of the government.

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian:

We will keep resisting until the very end. Yes, we do have economic issues, certainly, but in order to remain, we will go through any hardship and endure.

Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov meets Iranian Foreign Minister Araghchi on the sidelines of the 81st UN General Assembly.

Trump welcomes Xi for the state dinner.

The Foreign Ministers’ Meeting of the Mecca Agreement for Joint Defense took place on the sidelines of the 81st Session of the UN General Assembly.

Dutch Prime Minister Rob Jetten:

And now, with the ICC under attack, the writing is truly on the wall. After all, how can you possibly be opposed to prosecuting the very worst crimes?

And I believe there can be only one response: to say, hands off the ICC and all those other institutions that protect the international legal order.

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian on Yemen:

The Houthis are responsible for their own actions. They don't take direction from us.

As those who are resisting in the region, based on the situations that have been imposed on them, we have contacts with them.

There is no systematic relationship.

Q: Will you give up the 60% enriched uranium?

Pezeshkian: Yes, within the framework of international law, based on the Nonproliferation Treaty. Whatever we are supposed to adhere to, we will.

Trump:

Xi and I both understand that we represent different systems, but the ties between our people endure, and we’ve never gotten along better.

Trump goes off script and starts talking about his planned ballroom.

Trump has a gift for President Xi.

Xi Jinping:

Today, Trump and I had sincere and in-depth exchanges and reached common understanding on many issues.

This has added new substance to the constructive China-U.S. relationship of strategic stability and provided new strategic guidance for China-U.S. relations.

Xi Jinping:

Over 80 years ago, the Chinese and American people stood shoulder to shoulder in a fight against Japanese militarist aggressors.

During the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, Chinese soldiers and civilians rescued hundreds of American pilots at the cost of hundreds of thousands of Chinese lives.

Such a friendship forged in blood and fire would surely live on through the generations.

Xi Jinping:

President Trump has pledged to make America great again and lead the American people in making significant strides. China is committed to achieving great national rejuvenation, and Chinese modernization has kept breaking new ground.

These two goals are both ambitious and can surely be mutually reinforcing. China and the United States must act as responsible major countries, meet the expectations of our peoples, keep pace with the trend of our times, and explore a new approach for major countries to get along with each other.