Reports of a 10-day ceasefire proposed by the United States-Iraq conflict good offices

ON 21 JULY, DURING A PRESS CONFERENCE ON 20 JULY, THE SPOKESMAN FOR THE IRANIAN MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS STATED THAT IRAN WOULD SPARE NO EFFORT TO STOP UNITED STATES CRIMES AND THAT THE IRANIAN MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS HAD RECEIVED PROPOSALS FROM ITS GOOD OFFICES TO EASE TENSIONS. ON 20 MARCH, CABLE NEWS OF THE UNITED STATES QUOTED SOURCES REPORTING THAT THE GOOD OFFICES OF THE AMERICAN-IRAQI CONFLICT HAD PROPOSED A 10-DAY CEASEFIRE PROGRAMME IN THE HOPE OF BRINGING THE PARTIES BACK TO THE NEGOTIATING TABLE BY DE-ESCALATING THE SITUATION. ACCORDING TO SOURCES, THE CEASEFIRE ARRANGEMENTS WOULD INCLUDE, INTER ALIA, EASING RESTRICTIONS IN THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ. (CCTV INTERNATIONAL TIMES)