Iran says US has responded to its latest peace proposal

Iran says US has responded to its latest peace proposal

From Newshour by BBC World Service

May 3, 2026 · 45 min

About this episode

The episode discusses Iran's response to the US regarding a peace proposal and features insights on various topics including the situation of prisoners in Iran and the ongoing conflict in Ukraine.

Iran says US has responded to its latest peace proposal. Iran says President Trump must now choose between an impossible military operation and a bad deal if he wants to end the war. We hear from the brother of the jailed Iranian Nobel peace laureate Narges Mohammadi. He says she and other prisoners are dying as a result of deliberate medical neglect. Also on the programme: Ukraine's been stepping up its offensive against Russia's oil infrastructure in recent days; and ahead of the 2026 Met Gala, British fashion designer Zandra Rhodes and Elizabeth Way, curator at the Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York, discuss if fashion is art. (Photo: Iranians walk past a huge anti-US billboard referring to US president Donald Trump and Strait of Hormuz at Valiasr square in Tehran, Iran, 02 May 2026. Credit: ABEDIN TAHERKENAREH/EPA/Shutterstock)

People in this episode

Host: BBC World Service

Guests: Zandra Rhodes, Elizabeth Way

Topics covered

  • Iran-US relations
  • Nobel peace laureate
  • Ukraine offensive
  • fashion as art
  • medical neglect

Keywords

  • Iran
  • US
  • peace proposal
  • Narges Mohammadi
  • Ukraine
  • fashion
  • Met Gala
  • medical neglect
  • Donald Trump

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: BBC World Service, Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology

Places: Iran, Ukraine, Russia

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