Trump Rejects Iran's Ceasefire, UK Foiled Plot On US Base, Trump Press Corps Fight
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What is the opening overview of today’s news on Up First?
President Trump says he doesn't like Iran's latest proposal for a ceasefire.
The idea was similar to the last ceasefire.
Why did President Trump reject Iran’s latest cease‑fire proposal?
Its offer would reopen the Strait of Hormuz if the US lifts sanctions and is blockade. Is there any path forward? I'm
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President Trump says he rejected an Iranian offer to suspend hostilities for seven days and immediately reopen the Strait of
Hormuz. The President said the Iranian offer, quote, would not be acceptable and that Iran is, in his words, losing so badly.
Joining us to discuss this and more is NPR international correspondent in the Gulf Ayya Batrawi. Good morning, Aya.
Good morning, Leila.
Okay, so today marks seven months since the US and Israel launched war on Iran and killed its supreme leader. Where do things stand right now?
So Iran's latest offer, which you mentioned, is basically that the two sides agree to something similar to the memorandum of understanding that they had agreed to back in June, and that deal barely lasted a few weeks. So what Iran wants is the US to lift its naval blockade on its oil exports and to unfreeze billions of its dollars in foreign banks in exchange for reopening the Strait of Hermuz. But Trump already says he rejects those terms.
What’s driving President Trump’s ongoing fight with the press and major networks?
Now Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Iraqchi He was on NBC's Meet the Press on Sunday, and I'd like you to listen to how he describes his country's position seven months into this war.
We are fully prepared for the war to be resumed, and I repeat, we stand firm in the face of any new aggression, even it comes to a doomsday war. But at the same time we are ready, we stand ready for diplomacy. It is up to President Trump to choose.
So as you heard there, he talked about being ready for a doomsday war or for diplomacy. Now Trump says Iran is desperate to make a deal because US sanctions are strangling its economy, and he says that massive amounts of oil are already flowing through the Strait of Hermuz now.
Is that true? Are massive amounts of oil coming through the Strait?
So Leila flows coming out of the strait are really not consistent. They do swing from one week to another, but the most recent data by Kepler shows a seven day average last week of around thirteen million barrels a day of oil coming out of the strait. Now that's compared to around fifteen to seventeen million barrels a day of crude exports before the war. But there's two things to keep in mind. One is that Iran can and still does attack ships transiting through that narrow waterway. So these ships are running dark with their transponders off to hide their location.
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Chapters
5 chapters
1
What is the opening overview of today’s news on Up First?
0:02–0:08
2
Why did President Trump reject Iran’s latest cease‑fire proposal?
0:08–1:42
3
How did British police foil the suspected terror plot near a U.S. air base?
1:42–2:50
4
What’s driving President Trump’s ongoing fight with the press and major networks?
2:50–9:55
5
What are the details of Iran’s offer to lift sanctions and reopen the Strait of Hormuz?
9:55–14:44
Speakers
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