Gulf states working on multipart peace deal to avert renewal of US-Iran war

According to The Guardian, the US is aware of the talks' progress but is holding out for a concession that European powers suggest could involve Iran allowing UN weapons inspectors back into the country.[1]The Guardian reports that British foreign secretary Ed Miliband urged Iranian foreign minister Abbas Araghchi in New York to readmit the inspectors, but Iran has so far refused[1]. Business Today, citing the report, says European diplomats call inspector access to Iran's bombed nuclear sites a minimum requirement for a breakthrough with US President Donald Trump.[2]The Guardian says Dr Ali Bagheri, deputy secretary of Iran's national security council, said Iran was willing to shorten its proposal for the strait to reopen from seven days after sanctions are lifted to four days.[1]The Guardian also reports that Mohsen Rezaei, secretary of Iran's supreme national security council, met the Houthis' ambassador to Iran, Ibrahim al-Dulaimi, on Tuesday[1]. The paper says this came 24 hours after a high-level delegation from Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan travelled to Tehran[1].According to The Guardian, Oman's foreign minister, Badr Albusaidi, said there was "general acceptance that this will be the direction of travel once we have a deal in place"[1].Business Today reports that Araghchi stressed the importance of a postwar security pact[2].