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WASHINGTON, DC - APRIL 07: Anti-war demonstrators gather near the White House to protest the war in Iran on April 7, 2026 in Washington, DC. U.S. President Donald Trump announced that a temporary ceasefire has been reached between the U.S., Iran, and Israel, pausing attacks for about two weeks while Iran reopens the Strait of Hormuz and negotiations continue toward a longer-term agreement.   Alex Wong/Getty Images/AFP (Photo by ALEX WONG / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)

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Demonstration Held Outside White House Against Trump's War In Iran

<div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:960px;display:block" width="960"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1777353890156AFP__20260408__2270296229__v1__HighRes__DemonstrationHeldOutsideWhiteHouseAgainstTru.jpg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" width="960"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">Anti-war demonstrators gather near the White House to protest the war in Iran on April 7, 2026 in Washington, DC. U.S. President Donald Trump announced that a temporary ceasefire has been reached between the U.S., Iran, and Israel, pausing attacks for about two weeks while Iran reopens the Strait of Hormuz and negotiations continue toward a longer-term agreement. <em>Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images North America via AFP/File</em></span></span></span></div><p>WASHINGTON — The White House said on Monday that it was examining Iran&#x27;s latest proposal to unblock the Strait of Hormuz, two months after a US and Israeli offensive sent shockwaves through the global economy.</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/world/2026/4/28/iran-fm-blames-us-for-failure-of-talks-as-he-meets-putin-0750">Iran FM blames US for failure of talks as he meets Putin</a></div><p>Peace talks between the United States and Iran to end the Middle East war and fully reopen the vital strait have so far proven inconclusive since a ceasefire came into force.</p><p>Trump met with top security advisors on Monday to discuss an Iranian proposal after Tehran passed &quot;written messages&quot; to Washington via Pakistan, spelling out its red lines in negotiations, including on nuclear issues and the Strait of Hormuz, the Fars news agency reported.</p><p>The proposal was &quot;being discussed,&quot; spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt told a White House briefing.</p><p>Asked about the terms of Iran&#x27;s proposal, Secretary of State Marco Rubio told Fox News &quot;it&#x27;s better than what we thought they were going to submit,&quot; but questioned whether it was genuine.</p><p>&quot;We have to ensure that any deal that is made, any agreement that is made, is one that definitively prevents them from sprinting towards a nuclear weapon at any point,&quot; he said.</p><p>Iran&#x27;s top diplomat blamed Washington on Monday for the failure of peace talks during a visit to Russia, where President Vladimir Putin promised him Moscow&#x27;s support in ending the war.</p><p>&quot;The US approaches caused the previous round of negotiations, despite progress, to fail to reach its goals because of the excessive demands,&quot; Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said.</p><p>Araghchi was in Saint Petersburg after visiting Oman and Pakistan, the main mediator in the Middle East war.</p><p>Islamabad had hosted a first, unsuccessful round of US-Iran talks, and Araghchi&#x27;s visit had raised hopes for more negotiations over the weekend.</p><p>But US President Donald Trump scrapped a planned trip by his envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner.</p><p>Trump told Fox News if Iran wanted talks, &quot;they can call us&quot; -- adding the cancellation does not signal a return to hostilities.</p><p>Tehran would first need guarantees Washington and Israel would not attack again if it was to offer security assurances in the Gulf, Iran&#x27;s envoy to the UN said.</p><p>Meanwhile in Saint Petersburg, Putin and Araghchi both voiced their commitment to their countries&#x27; &quot;strategic relationship&quot; following their meeting.</p><p>Araghchi said the war, which began when the United States and Israel attacked Iran on February 28, showed &quot;Iran&#x27;s true power&quot; and stability.</p><p>But back home in Tehran, the mood was more sober.</p><p>&quot;Everything in the country is up in the air right now. I have not worked for a long time,&quot; small business owner Farshad told Paris-based AFP journalists.</p><p>&quot;The country is in complete economic collapse.&quot;</p><div><br/></div><div><strong>FEELING THE PINCH<br/></strong></div><div><br/></div><p>Though the US-Iranian ceasefire holds, the war&#x27;s economic shock waves continue to reverberate.</p><p>Tehran resident Shervin, a photographer, said he was feeling the pinch.</p><p>&quot;It is the first time that I have reached a point where I was late on my rent. I still don&#x27;t have any projects,&quot; said Shervin, 42.</p><p>Iran has blockaded Hormuz, cutting off flows of oil, gas and fertilizer and sending prices soaring.</p><p>In response, the United States has imposed a blockade of Iranian ports.</p><p>Trump faces domestic pressure to find an off-ramp as fuel prices rise, with midterm elections due in November and polls showing the war is unpopular among Americans.</p><p>Iran&#x27;s Revolutionary Guards say they have no intention of easing their market-rattling chokehold of the strategic waterway.</p><p>Ebrahim Azizi, head of the national security commission in Iran&#x27;s parliament, said a proposed law for managing the strait would make the Islamic republic&#x27;s armed forces the overseeing authority, with levies to be paid in Iranian rial.</p><p>The head of the UN&#x27;s maritime agency, Arsenio Dominguez, said there was &quot;no legal basis&quot; for imposing transit fees.</p><p>Rubio also rejected the idea.</p><p>&quot;They cannot normalize—nor can we tolerate them trying to normalize— a system in which the Iranians decide who gets to use an international waterway, and how much you have to pay them to use it,&quot; he told Fox News Channel&#x27;s &quot;America&#x27;s Newsroom.&quot;</p><div><br/></div><div><strong>© Agence France-Presse</strong></div><div><br/></div><div><br/></div><div><strong>RELATED VIDEOS</strong></div><div><br/><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/bXc1lw5Jmss?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/_S_KG_OXcTg?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/91HOSCBrcsE?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span><br/></div>

<p>The White House said on Monday that it was examining Iran's latest proposal to unblock the Strait of Hormuz, two months after a US and Israeli offensive sent shockwaves through the global economy.</p>

The White House said on Monday that it was examining Iran's latest proposal to unblock the Strait of Hormuz, two months after a US and Israeli offensive sent shockwaves through the global economy.

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