Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baqaei says officials are reviewing a US counter-proposal to end the war, Al Jazeera reports.

“The US message was received through Pakistan, and I will not discuss the details of the issues raised at this time, because these issues are still under review,” Baqaei told reporters at a press conference.

He said the US practice of making “excessive and unreasonable demands” means the proposal “is not easy to review”.

News reports in the media about negotiations over its nuclear programme are “mostly speculation”, Baqaei added.

“The issues raised about enrichment or nuclear materials are purely speculative, and, at this stage, we are not talking about anything other than stopping the war completely, and the direction we will take in the future will be determined in the future.”