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Iran will not enter a second round of talks with the United States unless five preconditions aimed at building trust are met, Iran's semi-official Fars news agency reported Tuesday, citing an informed source, said Xinhua. The source described the conditions as "minimum trust-building guarantees" required before any new negotiations with Washington could begin. According to the source, the conditions include ending hostilities on all fronts, particularly in Lebanon; lifting sanctions on Iran; releasing frozen Iranian assets; compensating Iran for war damage; and recognizing Iran's sovereignty rights over the Strait of Hormuz. The source said the demands were conveyed to the United States in response to a 14-point U.S. proposal. The source also said Iran had informed Pakistan, which is mediating the talks, that the continued U.S. naval blockade in the Arabian Sea and Gulf of Oman following the ceasefire had reinforced Tehran's view that negotiations with Washington were unreliable. The source said the conditions were intended solely to establish a minimum level of trust needed to resume dialogue. Iran sent its response to the latest U.S. draft proposal for ending the conflict to the Pakistani mediator on Sunday. Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei said Monday that Tehran's proposal sought only to secure the Iranian people's "legitimate" rights. Iran and the United States agreed to a ceasefire on April 8 after 40 days of fighting that began with U.S. and Israeli strikes on Tehran and other Iranian cities on Feb. 28. Iranian and U.S. delegations later held a round of talks in Islamabad on April 11 and 12, but failed to reach an agreement. The two sides have exchanged several draft proposals through Pakistan in recent weeks as part of efforts to end the conflict. Meanwhile, the Iranian government has filed a lawsuit against the United States at the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) in The Hague over Washington's military aggression against Iranian nuclear facilities, imposition of economic sanctions, and threats of military action against the country, Iran's Mizan news agency reported Tuesday. The lawsuit was filed with the PCA in February, citing violations of the 1981 Algiers Accords and U.S. breaches of its international commitments during the 12-day war against Iran in June 2025, according to the Mizan news agency of the Iranian judiciary. According to Mizan, Iran has demanded that the court convict the United States of interference in its internal affairs and order the U.S. government to immediately end its direct and indirect interventions. Iran has also demanded that the United States provide guarantees that it will not repeat those actions and pay full reparations for the damage inflicted on Iran, the report said. Iran signed the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) in July 2015, which imposed restrictions on its nuclear program in exchange for sanction relief. The U.S. exited the deal in 2018, reinstating sanctions, which led Iran to scale back its nuclear commitments. Negotiations to revive the JCPOA commenced in April 2021 in Vienna, but no significant progress has been made since the last round concluded in August 2022. During the 12-day war between Iran and Israel, the United States bombed three Iranian nuclear facilities: Fordow, Natanz and Isfahan. Britain to send warship, fighter jets in multinational Hormuz operation Britain will deploy a warship, fighter jets and autonomous systems as part of a multinational security mission in the Strait of Hormuz, the Ministry of Defence (MOD) said on Tuesday. British Defence Secretary John Healey announced the plan following a virtual meeting of defence ministers involving representatives from more than 40 countries. According to the MOD, Britain will provide 115 million pounds (156 million U.S. dollars) in new funding for autonomous mine-hunting equipment and advanced counter-drone systems. The Royal Navy will also deploy its modular "Beehive" system and high-speed autonomous Kraken drone boats designed to detect, track and identify potential threats. Typhoon fighter jets will conduct air patrols, while British military mine-clearance specialists will support related operations. The MOD described the multinational mission as "strictly defensive in nature" and aimed at protecting international shipping. The Strait of Hormuz is one of the world's most important energy shipping routes, through which around one-fifth of global oil supplies pass.
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