Pezeskian: We will not bow our heads before the enemy, but negotiations are not capitulation

Iranian President Masoud Pazakhstani said today that his country "will not bow its head before the enemy," but that dialogue is not capitulation.

"If there is talk of dialogue or negotiations, it does not mean capitulation or withdrawal, the goal is to affirm the rights of the Iranian nation," Pezeshkian wrote on the social network X.

Iranian authorities announced today that they have responded to a US proposal to end the conflict in the Middle East.

The spokesman for the Iranian Parliament's State Security Committee, Ebrahim Rezaei, today warned the United States not to attack Iranian ships in the Gulf.

"Today our restraint ends: Any aggression against our ships will be met with a strong and decisive response from Iran to American ships and bases," he said.

Iran has sent its response to the latest American proposal to mediators from Pakistan.

Pakistan brokered a ceasefire between Tehran and Washington on April 8, halting nearly 40 days of US and Israeli attacks on Iran, and largely halting Iranian retaliatory attacks on countries in the region that host US bases and other facilities.

Talks in Islamabad a few days later failed to produce progress towards peace.