IRAN’S president said today that his country is ready to return to the ceasefire deal reached with the United States in June if Washington does the same.

This comes after the US again broke a ceasefire deal between the two countries.

Speaking on the sidelines of the Shanghai Co-operation Organisation summit in Kyrgyzstan, Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian said that “if the US returns to its commitments in the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), the Islamic Republic of Iran will immediately reciprocate,” Iranian media reported.

On Monday, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said the US “must return to its commitments and to what their president signed” under the Islamabad deal.

“In that case, everything can be put back on the right track.”

There was no immediate response from Washington.

The June MoU provided for an immediate ceasefire and started a 60-day period for negotiations aimed at reaching a wider peace deal.

Iran agreed to clear the Strait of Hormuz of mines and allow ships to pass during the period, and the US agreed to end its naval blockade, lift sanctions, issue waivers for Iranian oil exports and begin work on a reconstruction package for Iran, among other things.

Washington soon broke the deal by launching new attacks against Iran which led to Iran firing on US assets in neighbouring countries.

While President Pezeshkian has favoured a negotiated end to the war, others in Tehran have pushed for greater concessions from the US, including Iranian control over the Strait of Hormuz and financial compensation for the war. 

The leaders of China, Russia and India are all attending the summit in Kyrgyzstan.

Iran’s foreign minister has already held meetings with his Chinese counterpart and President Pezeshkian was set to have talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin later on Tuesday.

The British military’s United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) centre said it received reports of an attack on a ship in the Strait of Hormuz, and a second report of an incident involving a tanker in waters nearby.

In the first incident on Monday a tanker was reportedly hit by three projectiles on its way out of the Persian Gulf through the strait east of Oman.

The monitoring agency said there were no reports of casualties on the boat.

In the second incident, the UKMTO said it had received a report “involving a tanker and military forces” on Monday off the coast of Oman, east of the strait.

There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attacks.