Esmaeil Baghaei, spokesman for the Islamic Republic's Foreign Ministry, said on Sunday, 4 October, that the US proposals remain focused on the nuclear file, but that Tehran's focus at this stage is the Strait of Hormuz and it has not entered nuclear talks with Washington.
Mohammad Akraminia, spokesman for the Islamic Republic's Army, said on Sunday, 4 October, that the army is increasing the range and speed of all its missiles. He cited as the reason the deployment of US forces up to 1,000 kilometres from Iran's coast.
The US State Department said two members of the Islamic Republic's delegation who had stayed in New York after the end of the UN General Assembly have been expelled from the country. The Islamic Republic's mission to the UN has denied the expulsion claim.
The speaker of the Islamic Republic's parliament said on Sunday that the Strait of Hormuz will remain closed until Tehran's seven conditions are met, and claimed that Washington has sent proposals through a mediator. Donald Trump, for his part, said Iran's fate will be decided either the easy way or the hard way.
The Coordinated Front of Iranian Fighters, with 39 groups, wrote to Maxime Prévot asking that the cancellation of Belgium's parliament invitation to Prince Reza Pahlavi be reconsidered.
