US-Iran talks in New York: What’s the latest?

What the report says

Indirect US-Iran diplomacy continued in New York during the United Nations General Assembly, with Qatar serving as mediator as both sides looked for a way to end a seven-month war. Al Jazeera reported that Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi met Qatari intermediaries in New York on Monday and left the city on Tuesday while waiting for a formal US reply to Tehran’s latest proposal.

The main point of dispute remains the sequence of any settlement. Iran’s offer, as described by Al Jazeera, would reopen the Strait of Hormuz within seven days in exchange for US steps including lifting the naval blockade, easing sanctions, releasing frozen Iranian assets and then moving toward broader talks that would include the nuclear file. US officials, by contrast, want a single deal that addresses all outstanding issues at once, especially Iran’s nuclear programme, rather than a phased approach.

Al Jazeera said Trump publicly rejected the Iranian proposal, while Iranian officials said no official response had yet been received through the mediators. The article also noted reports in US media about possible sanctions relief, which Trump denied. The talks matter because the Strait of Hormuz is a major global energy shipping route and because sanctions, nuclear concerns and regional security remain tightly linked in the conflict.

The piece places the current talks in a broader context of failed earlier diplomacy, including discussions hosted by Oman before the war escalated. It also highlights the humanitarian and economic pressure on Iran from longstanding US sanctions, while cautioning that both sides still say they want a diplomatic settlement even as they disagree sharply on how to get there.