Jane Aref

It said all of this was intended to do what it called betray diplomacy.

Hmm.

Yeah, well, yesterday the U.S.

Navy disabled and then boarded an Iranian flagged container ship.

Iran said it had been heading from China to Iran.

This morning, Iran called that action armed piracy and said it responded by firing drones at U.S.

military warships.

It gave no details, though, and the U.S.

military did not respond to a request for confirmation on the reported drone attack.

Iran said it would have responded further, but it was concerned over crew members and families that are apparently on that vessel.

Well, interestingly, Iran this morning also said that it's examining new U.S.

proposals it said it received in recent days.

There's no word from the U.S.

on what those were, and Iran did not elaborate.

But a senior Iranian national security official was quoted as saying regarding the talks that,

The U.S.

must accept the new system in the Strait of Hormuz, that strategic waterway.

And that new system is basically a structure of tolls that Iran has tried to set up, which worked for a

allow transit through that strait that it controls if money were paid or if it aligned with its political interests.

It also reiterated that a ceasefire in Lebanon is needed for any agreement to take place.