Iran says peace talks could restart in 2 days if US lifts blockade

Iran says peace talks with the United States could resume within two days, but only if Washington first lifts its naval blockade and sanctions and agrees to end the war on all fronts.

Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei defended the shortened timeline on Monday, calling Tehran's conditions reasonable.

"Is it unreasonable that Iran demands that U.S. illegal sanctions and its naval blockade must be lifted before negotiations start and that the war should end on all fronts?" he said.

The proposal cuts the time to restart talks from an earlier seven-day plan...