By Idrees Ali, Erin Banco and Hatem Maher WASHINGTON/CAIRO, May 9 (Reuters) - A state of relative calm prevailed around the Strait of Hormuz on Saturday, after days of sporadic flare-ups, as the United States waited for Iran's response to its latest proposals to end more than two months of fighting and begin peace talks.

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Days after Washington ​floated a ⁠proposal aimed at reopening negotiations, Iran on Sunday released a response focused on ending the war on all fronts, including Lebanon, where U.S. ally ⁠Israel is fighting Iran-backed Hezbollah militants.

Trump called Iran’s counter peace proposal “totally unacceptable,” dimming the prospects of an imminent deal to end the war.

The United States waited 10 days for Iran’s response to its framework for ending the war. When Tehran’s demands arrived, they signaled that it remains intent on extracting victory.

US leader calls Iran’s response to its peace proposal ‘totally unacceptable’, while a Qatari ship passes through the Strait of Hormuz.

Iran executed a promising aerospace engineering student Monday, accusing him of spying for both the CIA and Israel’s Mossad intelligence service. Erfan Shakourzadeh, 29, was hanged at dawn after being convicted of stealing classified satellite information from the scientific organization where he worked,

The works on display come from the museum’s major collection of modern American and European art, acquired in the 70s by Farah Pahlavi, the former shah’s wife, which has largely been kept out of public view since the revolution.