Israeli media report claims Mojtaba Khamenei ready to negotiate with US

Arab News has cited Israeli Media outlet Yedioth Ahronoth to report that Irans Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei was prepared to negotiate with the AmericansAhrnaooth cited a coversation between Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi and US intermediary Steve Witkoff which was approved by the highest level in Iran reported ANIEarlier the spokesman for Irans Foreign Ministry had dismissed US President Donald Trumps claims of talks with Iran saying Tehran has had no negotiations with Washington over the past 24 days of the unprovoked USIsrael war against the Islamic RepublicThe key development comes after United States President Donald Trump on Monday said the Strait of Hormuz a vital global shipping route will be open very soon amid the conflict in West Asia and suggested that he envisions it being managed jointly by the US and IranTrump says US and Iran will jointly control Strait of HormuzSpeaking to reporters in Florida Trump said that the strait will be open very soon if ongoing negotiations with Tehran continue successfullyHe added that he and the newly appointed Supreme Leader of Iran Mojtaba Khamenei will jointly control the critical shipping and global energy routeItll be jointly controlled Me and the Ayatollah whoever the Ayatollah is whoever the next Ayatollah is the US President addedAccording to ANI the Strait of Hormuz is a critical transit route that normally handles 15 million barrels per day of crude oil and 5 million barrels per day of oil products representing roughly 25 per cent of global seaborne oil tradeHowever due to the conflict in the region the waterway has been considered highrisk for transit choking the global energy supplyTrump also highlighted that the recent early strikes in the conflict had targeted much of Irans senior leadership saying And therell also be a very serious form of regime change Theres automatically a regime change and noted that talks over the weekend showed potential to reduce tensions reported ANITrump delays actions on Iran signals progress in ongoing talksCommenting on the individuals involved in negotiations Trump said But were dealing with some people that I find to be very reasonable very solid The people within know who they are theyre very respected and maybe one of them will be exactly what were looking forAccording to ANI the US President announced that he had instructed the US Department of War to delay any military action against Iranian power plants and energy sites for five days citing ongoing diplomatic engagements with Tehran amid escalating tensions in West AsiaIn a post on Truth Social Trump said the United States and Iran had held very good and productive conversations over the past two days aimed at resolving hostilities in the regionHe added that the decision to pause strikes was based on the tenor and tone of the discussions which he described as indepth detailed and constructive Trump further stated that the conversations will continue through the week reported ANIThe key development comes as the conflict between USIsrael and Iran has now entered into its fourth weekwith ripple effects being felt beyond West Asia and the Gulf region as concerns intensify over global energy security with supply bottlenecks and damaged infrastructure civilian military and energyInputs from ANI