US and Iran Far From Hormuz Deal as Drone Hits UAE Power Plant
A container vessel in the Strait of Hormuz off Bandar Abbas in southern Iran.
Photographer: Amirhossein Khorgooei/AFP/Getty Images
The US and Iran seemed far apart on a deal to end weeks of war and reopen the crucial Strait of Hormuz on Sunday, as a drone attack sparked a fire at a United Arab Emirates nuclear plant, spotlighting the risks of a fragile ceasefire.
Iran’s semi-official Fars news agency said the US had set five main conditions for a peace deal, including the removal of uranium used by Iran’s nuclear program to the US, that Washington pays none of the compensation Tehran is demanding and unfreezes less than a quarter of Iran’s suspended assets. Fars didn’t give a source for the information, and the US hasn’t publicly commented on such stipulations.