Will Israel agree to Tehran's truce offer? Iran seeks end to conflict via Arab intermediaries: Report

Iran has urgently called for an end to its conflict with Israel and a resumption of nuclear negotiations at Oman via Arab intermediaries, officials reportedly said.

The officials added that Tehran had expressed willingness to resume nuclear talks—which US President Donald Trump has long pushed for—as long as America would be kept out of the hostilities, a Guardian report said on Monday, quoting a Wall Street Journal report.

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"If President Trump is genuine about diplomacy and interested in stopping this war, next steps are consequential," Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi stated in an X post on Monday, as per Reuters.

"Israel must halt its aggression, and absent a total cessation of military aggression against us, our responses will continue. It takes one phone call from Washington to muzzle someone like Netanyahu. That may pave the way for a return to diplomacy," he added.

This comes amid the fourth day of the conflict, which has killed more than 20 military commanders and nuclear scientists in Iran, and forced Tehran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and his family into an underground bunker in Lavizan, a region northeast of Tehran, according to Iran International, which cited unnamed sources.

Israel has celebrated the development, with their PM Benjamin Netanyahu claiming that victory was in sight.

"We are on the path to victory ... We are telling the citizens of Tehran: ‘Evacuate’ — and we are taking action," he reportedly told troops at an airbase.

While Israel had even considered assassinating Khamenei, US President Donald Trump reportedly vetoed the idea, with officials claiming that it had been because Iran had not yet touched American assets.

Trump has formerly claimed that Washington had known about Israel's plans all along, despite no direct involvement, and has even warned Iran against attacking the US, speaking of “the full strength and might of the U.S. Armed Forces” that would take revenge for it.

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However, the Israel-Iran hostilities on Monday also saw the US consulate in Tel Aviv suffer “minor damage” amid missile strikes from Tehran, US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee said, in an X post.

He added that the US personnel there suffered no injuries.

This comes amid a draft G7 joint proposal to end the Israel-Iran conflict, a Reuters report said. The US, however, has not yet signed this proposal.

The draft commits to safeguarding market stability, including energy markets, and upholding Israel's right to defend itself: a point made by European Union leaders like Fridrich Merz, prior to the G7 summit.

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