Iran and the United States moved further away from a potential agreement on Monday after Tehran defended its latest response to Washington’s peace proposal as “legitimate”, while US President Donald Trump rejected it as “TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE”, deepening uncertainty over efforts to end the regional conflict.

Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baqaei said Tehran’s response, conveyed through Pakistan, focused on ending the regional conflict, lifting the US blockade........

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