President Donald Trump said on the 8th (local time) that he would "receive tonight" Iran's response to the U.S. proposal to end the Middle East war.
According to major foreign media, including Agence France-Presse, Trump, responding to a question at the White House about ending the war, said he was "expected to receive a letter tonight (from Iran)" and added, "We'll see what happens."
The United States and Iran have been in a cease-fire since on the 7th of last month, and even after the first high-level talks on the 11th–12th that ended in a "no deal," they have continued behind-the-scenes negotiations under Pakistan's mediation.
U.S. media reported that the U.S. government is said to be demanding, as conditions for ending the war, a broad framework that includes a 20-year halt to uranium enrichment and the gradual reopening of the Strait of Hormuz.
Meanwhile, he gave an ambiguous answer to a question regarding the South Korean bulk carrier HMM Namu, which was anchored in the Strait of Hormuz when a fire broke out recently. Asked about "his claim that a South Korean vessel was attacked by Iran being denied by the Iranian side," he offered a "tangential" answer.
On the 4th, Trump claimed that the Namu, acting alone instead of joining the "liberation project" in which the United States would use military force to free third-country ships trapped in the strait, came under attack by Iran.