Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi with Vladimir Putin in St. Petersburg, April 27, 2026
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Israeli strikes on southern Lebanon killed four people, including a woman, and wounded 51 on Monday despite a ceasefire, reports the Lebanese Health Ministry.
Israeli forces have killed at least 40 people since the ceasefire was announced on April 16.
The Israeli military says one of its soldiers was severely wounded and another lightly hurt by a Hezbollah drone attack on Monday.
ORIGINAL ENTRY: The Iranian regime has seized the diplomatic initiative with a two-stage proposal to end the US-Israel Wars on Iran and Lebanon.
The regime sent the proposal via Pakistan to the US during Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi’s tour of Islamabad, Oman, and Russia.
In the first stage, Iran would negotiate its control of the Strait of Hormuz, through which 20% to 25% of the world’s maritime oil and gas passes, in return for a lasting ceasefire. Tehran and the US would then discuss the Iranian nuclear programme in the second stage.
Araghchi said on Monday, as he arrived in St. Petersburg to meet Vladimir Putin:
There have been developments in the negotiation process, and the incorrect approaches and excessive demands of the United States have prevented the previous round of negotiations from achieving its objectives, despite some progress.
We reviewed what has happened in the past and discussed how, and under what conditions, negotiations could continue.
The Trump Administration’s national security and foreign policy officials met to consider the initiative. A US official said afterwards that Donald Trump “doesn’t love the proposal” because it did not address Iran’s nuclear program.
Other officials confirmed to US media outlets that Trump was not satisfied and unlikely to accept the terms.
