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South Korea condemns the attack on cargo ship in the Strait of Hormuz
South Korea condemned the May 4 attack on a cargo ship operated by a Korean carrier in the Strait of Hormuz and said it planned to respond when the source of the attack is determined.
Official, forwarder HMM Co. He said the ship Namu, operated by , did not breach any rules in force at the time in the waters off the UAE and that this was an unjustifiable case of attack on a commercial ship.
“We condemn this in the strongest terms,” South Korean presidential national security adviser Wi Sung-lac told reporters.
“We will investigate further to determine the party responsible for the attack, the exact type of bullet and its physical size.”
South Korean defense minister Ahn Gyu-back will travel to Washington on Monday to meet with US defense secretary Pete Hegseth.
They could discuss cooperation to restore freedom of navigation in the Strait of Hormuz, which has raised concerns about a looming energy crisis in South Korea’s trade-dependent economy. Washington has asked its allies to help unblock the strait but has so far encountered a wall of resistance.
Al Jazeera makes some comments Iranian foreign ministry spokesman Esmail Baghaei speaks about Iran’s proposal to end the war, which the United States strongly rejects.
Baghaei was quoted as saying, “We demand an end to the war, the lifting of the (US) blockade and piracy, and the release of Iranian assets unjustly frozen in banks due to US pressure.”
“Among Iran’s other demands, safe passage through the Strait of Hormuz and ensuring security in the region and Lebanon are seen as a generous and responsible offer in terms of regional security,” he said.
“Whenever we are forced to fight, we will fight, and whenever there is room for diplomacy, we will seize the opportunity,” Baghaei was previously quoted as saying at a news briefing.
He said the US’s demands were “unreasonable” and suggested that stability in the region had been undermined by Trump’s rejection of Iran’s response to Washington’s peace proposal.
Julian Borger
US parameters for nuclear talks reportedly include a moratorium on Iranian nuclear enrichment for up to 20 years; Transfer of Iran’s stockpile of highly enriched uranium (HEU), which can be used to make nuclear warheads, abroad, possibly to the United States; and dismantling Iranian nuclear facilities.
according to Wall Street MagazineIran’s counter-offer was for a shorter moratorium, exporting some of its HEU stock and diluting the rest, and not accepting the dismantling of the facilities.
Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu had previously warned that the war would continue as long as Iran had a stockpile of HEUs.
“It’s not over because there’s still nuclear material Enriched uranium needs to be removed from Iran. There are still enrichment facilities that need to be dismantled,” he told CBS’s 60 Minutes, according to a quote released ahead of broadcast.
Asked how the HEU should be removed, Netanyahu said, “Go in and take it out,” adding that the best way would be to go into Iran to secure fissile material under the agreement. He said Donald Trump told him he wanted to “get in there.”
In a separate interview, Trump appeared more at ease with the HEU stockpile that the U.N. nuclear watchdog the IAEA says is buried deep in mountains in central Iran. The US president has suggested that for now, satellite surveillance is enough to ensure no one can access it.
Trump rejects Iran’s response to US peace proposal as Tehran warns it is ready to retaliate for US attacks
We are resuming our live coverage of the US-Israeli war against Iran after Donald Trump described Tehran’s response to Washington’s peace proposal as “completely unacceptable” and raised the possibility of new conflict.
Iran has warned that it will not hesitate to retaliate for new US attacks or allow more foreign warships into the Strait of Hormuz.
A ceasefire aimed at facilitating peace talks came into force in April. This was largely observed despite exchanges of fire and reports of attacks in the strategic Strait of Hormuz, which Iran continues to effectively block in response to a US and Israeli attack in February.
The US military, on the other hand, has blockaded Iranian ports since April 13, claiming to have turned away 61 commercial ships and disabled four.
According to Iranian state media, Tehran’s offer included demands for the US to lift its sanctions, lift the naval blockade, and called for an immediate end to the war with guarantees against a new attack on the country.
Posting on Truth Social, Trump said: “I just read the response from Iran’s so-called ‘representatives’. I did not like it; it is completely unacceptable.”
A week ago, the United States had submitted a peace proposal that reportedly included a one-page, 14-point memorandum of understanding that would create a framework for further negotiations on Iran’s nuclear program while reopening the strait, as my colleague Julian Borger noted here.
Trump told US publication Axios that he discussed Iran’s reaction in a phone call with his close ally, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. “It was a very good meeting. We have a good relationship,” he said, before emphasizing that the Iran talks were “my situation, not everyone else’s.”
Netanyahu warned that the war would continue as long as Iran had a stockpile of highly enriched uranium (HEU) that could be used to make nuclear warheads.
