Iran says it's still reviewing THE U.S. peace offer and says deadlines ‘mean nothing’. The news comes after the U.S. fired defensive strikes in response to Iran's attack on 2 U.S. ships. Iranian foreign ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei said Tehran is still looking over a proposal from the U.S. in relation to ending the conflict, saying that a response will be given “at the appropriate time,” a report said.
Friday- following the exchange of military strikes, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said that the U.S. had been expecting a response from Iran and that, “We should know something today.” President Trump said the U.S. will “find out soon enough” whether Iran is deliberately “slow rolling” its response to an American proposal regarding an end to the conflict.
Meanwhile the United Kingdom is deploying its HMS Dragon warship to the Middle East ahead of a possible mission to secure the Strait of Hormuz. The HMS Dragon's main role is air defense: providing protection to her fellow ships by detecting, interrogating and neutralizing enemy threats with the fearsome Sea Viper anti-air missile system," it said on its website.
France is also joining in, as the office of French President Emmanuel Macron announced Wednesday that the country’s only aircraft carrier, the Charles de Gaulle, is also heading toward the southern Red Sea ahead of a possible mission to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, a report said.
The news agency AFP cited Macron’s office as saying that the move is intended to send “a signal that not only are we ready to secure the Strait of Hormuz but that we are also capable of doing so".