Iran downplays indirect talks with United States, and other Mideast developments – The Journal Gazette

Iran downplays indirect talks with United States, and other Mideast developments  The Journal Gazette

Iran has reiterated its conditions for ending the war with the United States, as another ship was struck in the Strait of Hormuz. Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian is in New In this photo released by the Iranian Presidency Office, President Masoud Pezeshkian waves to media and officials as he boards his plane while leaving Mehrabad airport for New York to attend the UN General Assembly, in Tehran, Iran, Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2026. Iran reiterated its conditions for ending more than seven months of war with the United States as another ship attempting to transit the Strait of Hormuz was struck by a projectile, highlighting the dangers that continue to restrict traffic through the critical waterway.

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has traveled to New York and is scheduled to address the assembly on Wednesday in his first speech since the U.S. and Israel launched the war in February. Here is the latest news from the Middle East on Wednesday. More coverage on the U.N. General Assembly is available here. Iran maintained its negotiating position in talks with U.S. officials, demanding that Washington end its blockade of Iranian ports and release frozen Iranian assets, a Foreign Ministry spokesperson said Wednesday. Esmail Baghaei said the talks were conducted indirectly through Qatari mediators on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly. “This was not