Reza Amiri Moghadam

According to the Associated Press, Iran's ambassador to Pakistan, while he would know, says his government remains willing to negotiate with Washington under the framework of the Pakistan-brokered interim agreement reached in June.

Ambassador Reza Amiri Moghadam accused the U.S. of undermining diplomatic efforts and prolonging the confrontation over the Strait of Hormuz.

As an aside, the chances that an Iranian ambassador slings any weight around within the actual regime leadership is somewhat nonsensical.

He also described a proposal Tehran says it recently communicated through Pakistani intermediaries.

That account came from unnamed sources and had not been confirmed on the record.

The longer horizon came from the American ambassador to the United Nations, Mike Waltz.

He told the Financial Times that the war could last another year and that the United States would not have reached its key goals until Iran disposed of its highly enriched uranium and accepted a meaningful agreement limiting domestic enrichment.

He said the Navy could maintain the blockade for the foreseeable future, and that he hoped Iran would come to the table well before a year passed.

In remarks aired on state television, he blamed the United States for derailing talks on an interim agreement using a harsh word for the American side, yet said he still believed the deal should be concluded.

On diplomacy, two accounts conflicted.

Iran's ambassador to Pakistan, Reza Amiri Moghadam, said Tehran had recently told Pakistani mediators that it was prepared to reopen the Strait of Hormuz if Washington lifted its naval blockade and that President Trump rejected the idea by insisting the blockade stay in place.

A Saudi outlet reported a similar offer.

Iran's ambassador to Islamabad said that Iran remains open to talks with the US under a Pakistan-brokered deal.

Ambassador Reza Amiri Moghadam accused Washington of undermining diplomacy and prolonging the standoff over the Strait of Hormuz.

In Hebron, the Israeli military forced about 1,500 Palestinians to leave their homes after Palestinian gunmen shot two Israeli soldiers dead.

Troops closed all entrances to the city, demolished properties and sealed off the Al Jalada and Ain Deir Baha neighbourhoods.