{"id":2157277,"date":"2026-09-22T12:51:30","date_gmt":"2026-09-22T09:51:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2157277"},"modified":"2026-09-22T12:51:30","modified_gmt":"2026-09-22T09:51:30","slug":"us-open-to-meeting-iran-at-un-as-conflicting-reports-over-peace-deal-swirl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2157277","title":{"rendered":"US open to meeting Iran at UN as conflicting reports over peace deal swirl"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/92\/33\/25\/1200x675_cmsv2_dc4b0320-08f2-5e07-a184-61ad2cddd8fe-9923325.jpg&#8221;]<\/p>\n<article id=\"abe-2927773-pos1-c-latest-stories\" class=\"the-media-object m-modeMobile-1 m-modeDesktop-1 m-modeXL-1\" data-nid=\"2927773\" data-cid=\"9923538\" data-part-label=\"Partner content\">\n<figure id=\"abe-2927773-label-pos1-c-latest-stories\" class=\"the-media-object__figure\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"the-media-object__image\" src=\"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/92\/34\/11\/189x106_cmsv2_10968315-ca36-5bdc-a214-415c89671e84-9923411.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Doctors examine a patient in the intensive care unit of the Queen Fabiola children&apos;s hospital in Brussels on Monday, 25 November 2013.\" height=\"9\" width=\"16\"><\/figure>\n<div class=\"the-media-object__content\">\n                    Culture news<\/p>\n<div class=\"the-media-object__title  \">\n<p>    &#8216;I&#8217;m done with medical abuse&#8217;: actor Arnaud Denis dies by euthanasia in Belgium\n  <\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"abe-2927780-pos2-c-latest-stories\" class=\"the-media-object m-modeMobile-1 m-modeDesktop-1 m-modeXL-1\" data-nid=\"2927780\" data-cid=\"9923468\" data-part-label=\"Partner content\">\n<figure id=\"abe-2927780-label-pos2-c-latest-stories\" class=\"the-media-object__figure\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"the-media-object__image\" src=\"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/92\/34\/68\/189x106_cmsv2_f61e2187-7019-59c6-bbb5-cd84ea6e0a38-9923468.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Albania is one of the fastest growing destinations in Europe\" height=\"9\" width=\"16\"><\/figure>\n<div class=\"the-media-object__content\">\n                    Destinations<\/p>\n<div class=\"the-media-object__title  \">\n<p>    How Albania became one of Europe\u2019s fastest-growing destinations\n  <\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"abe-2927563-pos3-c-latest-stories\" class=\"the-media-object m-modeMobile-1 m-modeDesktop-1 m-modeXL-1\" data-nid=\"2927563\" data-cid=\"9922268\" data-part-label=\"Partner content\">\n<figure id=\"abe-2927563-label-pos3-c-latest-stories\" class=\"the-media-object__figure\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"the-media-object__image\" src=\"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/92\/22\/68\/189x106_cmsv2_4e4186e6-5e17-532b-932b-990f1cd576d8-9922268.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Solar installations on 340 hectares surround the village of Hjolderup west of Aabenraa, southern Denmark on February 2023. 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quickly denied.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"c-ad u-show-for-mobile-only\">\n<div class=\"c-ad__placeholder\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-ad__placeholder__logo\" src=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/website\/images\/logos\/logo-euronews-stacked-outlined-72x72-grey-9.svg\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" alt loading=\"lazy\"><span>ADVERTISEMENT<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-ad u-show-for-desktop\">\n<div class=\"c-ad__placeholder\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-ad__placeholder__logo\" src=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/website\/images\/logos\/logo-euronews-stacked-outlined-72x72-grey-9.svg\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" alt loading=\"lazy\"><span>ADVERTISEMENT<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>According to Kyodo, the proposal aims to achieve a permanent end to the war between the two countries.<\/p>\n<p>Kyodo\u2019s report said Iran would welcome a revival of diplomacy with the US if Washington also takes steps towards peace, citing the same unnamed sources.<\/p>\n<p>Iranian semi-official Fars news agency denied the reports within hours, calling them unreliable and inaccurate, and citing its own Iranian sources. Fars also claimed the reports aim to lower oil prices.<\/p>\n<p>This is not the first time Tehran has sent conflicting signals about a potential agreement. <\/p>\n<p>In June 2025, US President Donald Trump announced a ceasefire with Iran and Israel on his Truth Social platform before Iran&#8217;s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi publicly denied any deal had been reached.<\/p>\n<p>In June of this year Trump said terms for ending the war had been &#8220;approved in writing&#8221; before Iranian state media published what he called &#8220;fabricated terms&#8221; in competing announcements that has repeatedly complicated diplomatic progress.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio told US media on Tuesday morning that the US is open to a meeting with Iran at the UN General Assembly.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t think anything is scheduled at this point, but we\u2019re certainly open to something like that, especially if it has the prospects of leading to something positive and ultimately achieving the goal of what this is all about,\u201d Rubio told NBC News.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd that is the fact that Iran can never have a nuclear weapon. They just simply can\u2019t,\u201d Rubio added.<\/p>\n<h2>Pezeshkian lauds &#8216;dignity and pride&#8217;<\/h2>\n<p>Iran&#8217;s President Masoud Pezeshkian on Tuesday vowed to &#8220;firmly defend&#8221; his country&#8217;s positions, as he departed for New York to attend the UN General Assembly.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We emerged with our heads held high, and this is a source of dignity and pride for all of us. Therefore, we will firmly defend our positions in international forums,&#8221; he said before flying out of Iran, according to footage broadcast by state television.<\/p>\n<p>The president is due to speak at the UN meeting on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We will make the best possible use of this opportunity to convey Iran&#8217;s plight to the international community. We will firmly tell our adversaries that, despite all the unfairness and injustices, the Iranian people have stood their ground,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>Pezeshkian will be the highest-ranking Iranian official to set foot on US soil since the start of the war, which began in late February with US-Israeli strikes on Iran.<\/p>\n<p>Reopening the strategic Strait of Hormuz remains central to negotiations to end the war.<\/p>\n<p>Traffic in the vital maritime corridor, through which one-fifth of the world&#8217;s oil and LNG passed before the war, has been severely disrupted, with Iran firing on commercial ships and demanding that they approve passage.<\/p>\n<p>In response, the US is maintaining a counterblockade of Iranian ports while upping economic pressure on Tehran.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We will not back down on the strait, and as long as the United States and other countries do not halt their actions, they will face expensive gasoline and oil, along with ongoing energy problems,&#8221; Iranian Parliament Vice Speaker Ali Nikzad said on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>                                  Go to accessibility shortcuts<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-article-share-comment u-align-items-center u-display-flex\"><span class=\"c-article-share-comment__links u-align-items-center u-display-flex u-justify-content-center js-c-article-share-comment-share\"><span class=\"c-article-share-comment__label\">Share<\/span><\/span><span class=\"c-article-share-comment__label\">Comments<\/span><span class=\"c-article-share-comment__label c-article-share-comment__label--always\">Add Euronews on Google<\/span><\/div>\n<div id=\"adb-article-you-might-also-like\" class=\"perf-cv-auto c-article-you-might-also-like\">\n<h2 class=\"c-article-you-might-also-like__title\">\n        Read more<br \/>\n      <\/h2>\n<div class=\"c-article-you-might-also-like__item\">\n<h3>\n<p>                  Iran&#8217;s president says he met Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei amid persistent health 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also takes steps towards peace, citing the same unnamed sources.Iranian semi-official\u00a0Fars news agency denied the reports within hours, calling them unreliable and inaccurate, and citing its own Iranian sources. Fars also claimed the reports aim to lower oil prices.This is not the first time Tehran has sent conflicting signals about a potential agreement.In June 2025, US President Donald Trump announced a ceasefire with Iran and Israel on his Truth Social platform before Iran&#8217;s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi publicly denied any deal had been reached.In June of this year Trump said terms for ending the war had been &#8220;approved in writing&#8221; before Iranian state media published what he called &#8220;fabricated terms&#8221; in competing announcements that has repeatedly complicated diplomatic progress.Meanwhile, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio told US media on Tuesday morning that the US is open to a meeting with Iran at the UN General Assembly.\u201cI don\u2019t think anything is scheduled at this point, but we\u2019re certainly open to something like that, especially if it has the prospects of leading to something positive and ultimately achieving the goal of what this is all about,\u201d Rubio told NBC News.\u201cAnd that is the fact that Iran can never have a nuclear weapon. They just simply can\u2019t,\u201d Rubio added.Pezeshkian lauds &#8216;dignity and pride&#8217;Iran&#8217;s President Masoud Pezeshkian on Tuesday vowed to &#8220;firmly defend&#8221; his country&#8217;s positions, as he departed for New York to attend the UN General Assembly.&#8221;We emerged with our heads held high, and this is a source of dignity and pride for all of us. Therefore, we will firmly defend our positions in international forums,&#8221; he said before flying out of Iran, according to footage broadcast by state television.The president is due to speak at the UN meeting on Wednesday.&#8221;We will make the best possible use of this opportunity to convey Iran&#8217;s plight to the international community. 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