
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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