Iran said on Monday that it is studying the United States’ proposal on a possible nuclear agreement, but assured that it will not accept any offer that “contains radical or maximalist demands.”
“Naturally, any text or proposal must be examined and answered appropriately and in line with national interests,” Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Ismail Baghaei said, when questioned during his weekly press conference about the proposal that Washington sent to Tehran on Saturday through Oman.
Without offering details of the content of the American text, Baghaei stressed that the fact of having received a written proposal “does not mean its acceptance at all, it does not even imply that it is acceptable,” and reiterated that Tehran will not accept “radical demands.”
“No text that contains radical or maximalist demands, and that ignores the rights and legitimate interests of the Iranian people, will receive a positive response from us,” he said.
In this sense, the spokesman for Iranian diplomacy reiterated his country’s right to enrichment of uranium for peaceful purposes, and remarked that Tehran’s main objective in nuclear negotiations with the United States is the effective lifting of sanctions.
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Baghaei added that both parties “are fully aware of the red lines of the other,” including Iran’s position of continuing with uranium enrichment within the country, despite the fact that Washington has repeatedly demanded “zero enrichment” and the dismantling of Iranian nuclear facilities.
Iran’s Foreign Minister, Abbas Araqchí, reported on Saturday that his counterpart from Oman, Badr bin Hamad al Busaidi, made a brief visit to Tehran to personally deliver the US proposal. USA.
Araqchí said yesterday that the Iranian response is in the process of being prepared.
For its part, the White House has urged Iran to accept its offer to seal a nuclear agreement.
“The best thing for your interest is to accept it,” press secretary Karoline Leavitt said in a statement on Saturday.
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The US proposal was transmitted to Iran after the publication of a report by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) that denounced that Tehran continues to develop the most controversial aspects of its nuclear program, with an increase of almost 50% in the production of highly enriched uranium – close to 90% necessary for military use – between February and May.
Since April 12, Iran and the United States have held five rounds of indirect contacts, sponsored by Oman, amid important disagreements over the enrichment of uranium by the Persian country.
Iran has insisted on its “inalienable” right to enrich uranium for peaceful purposes and has reiterated that it will only agree to limit its nuclear program in exchange for the total lifting of sanctions. Washington, on the other hand, demands a commitment of “zero enrichment.”
The last round of dialogue took place on Friday, May 23, and the date or place of the next meeting has not yet been defined.
U.S. issues new environmental waivers to speed border wall construction in Arizona and New Mexico
The U.S. government announced on Thursday three new environmental waivers that will fast-track construction of the border wall with Mexico in Arizona and New Mexico—adding to a similar waiver granted in April for work in California.
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said the waivers will speed up the building of about 36 miles (roughly 58 kilometers) of new barrier in the Yuma and Tucson sectors of Arizona and in the El Paso sector of neighboring Texas.
The exemptions lift requirements to comply with several environmental laws, including the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), which would ordinarily apply to new roads or physical barriers in these areas. According to DHS, the projects “will close critical gaps in the border wall and enhance border-security operations in the El Paso, Tucson, and Yuma sectors of U.S. Border Patrol.”
“These waiver-backed projects are crucial steps toward securing the southern border and reinforcing our commitment to border security,” the department said.
The secretary’s authority to issue such waivers comes from Section 102 of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996, signed into law by President Bill Clinton. Secretary Noem invoked the same authority in April to accelerate wall construction in California.
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U.S. Border Patrol agents apprehended 23,912 migrants along the Mexican border between February and April 2025, following Donald Trump’s return to the White House on January 20.
Sheinbaum calls for bilateral effort to combat cross-border criminal activity
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum stated on Thursday that her administration is seeking to collaborate with the Colombian government to address the activities of criminal groups operating in both countries. This follows reports suggesting the involvement of Colombian nationals in an attack that left eight members of Mexico’s National Guard dead last week in the western part of the country.
“We are looking to collaborate with the Government of Colombia to address any criminal activity involving members of criminal groups in Colombia or, in turn, any member of a Mexican criminal group,” Sheinbaum said during her morning press conference.
Her remarks came in response to statements made by Colombian President Gustavo Petro earlier this week. On Tuesday, Petro claimed that former Colombian soldiers were involved in the deadly attack near the border between the Mexican states of Michoacán and Jalisco, where several armed forces personnel were killed.
“A bomb just exploded against the Mexican army in Michoacán, leaving several dead. The army responded by arresting the suspected perpetrators. Most of them are former Colombian soldiers, and some are still active. The press knows about this, but it hasn’t been widely reported. We are exporting mercenaries to the mafia,” Petro stated.
Woman publicly whipped 100 times under Sharia law in Indonesia’s aceh province
A woman was publicly whipped 100 times on Wednesday after being sentenced by an Islamic court in Indonesia’s Aceh province, where Sharia law has been enforced since 2001.
The young woman was flogged in front of dozens of onlookers by an executioner whose face remained covered throughout the punishment, according to reports by EFE.
She pleaded for the whipping to stop at least twice and was comforted by other women who offered her food and water before the flogging resumed until all 100 lashes had been administered.
In addition to her, four men were also publicly whipped the same number of times for other violations of Sharia law, which punishes consensual same-sex relations, alcohol consumption, and sexual activity outside of marriage.
Aceh is the only province in Indonesia—home to the world’s largest Muslim population—where Sharia law is officially implemented. The country also ranks among the highest globally for female genital mutilation, often tied to religious beliefs.
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Public floggings are common in Aceh. On February 27, two young men, aged 18 and 24, were also whipped for engaging in consensual sex.
