Both sides have refused to make concessions and repeatedly threatened to resume fighting, but neither appears willing to return to all-out war. Iran sent its latest proposal in response to an earlier US plan, details of which remain limited. Meanwhile, the Pentagon said on Tuesday that the cost of the war had climbed to nearly $29 billion.

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Iranian parliamentary speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, who served as chief negotiator in previous talks with Washington, said that his country was prepared 'for any eventuality'…

Both sides have refused to make concessions and repeatedly threatened to resume fighting, but neither appears willing to return to all-out war. Iran sent its latest proposal in…

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