Iranian president on ongoing war between Iran and the U.S.

WASHINGTON (CBS, KYMA) - Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian spoke with Margaret Brennan on Face the Nation Sunday about the ongoing war between his country and the U.S.

According to Brennan, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi presented a proposal to the U.S. "through mediators that would reopen the Strait of Hormuz after seven days if Tehran's conditions were met."

"At that point, talks about ending the war would begin, and possibly talks about the nuclear program," Brennan said, leading her to ask when will he expect to get a response from the U.S., and President Pezeshkian said:

"If this message reaches the President of the United States, or the interviewers and those involved in the discussions, naturally the process will begin from the very day they accept it."

Brennan followed up by asking what would be the conditions to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, and Pezeshkian said:

"We had previously reached an agreement based on the MOU that was signed in Pakistan. I signed it, and the President of the United States signed it, and we were proceeding based on that agreement. We could have continued it, but unfortunately, because of the lack of coordination, the process was interrupted.

Now, in fact, there is a framework along the same path, with the same objectives that were established. Ultimately, the requests that were included in that memorandum and MOU have now been broken down into stages so that we can proceed according to those stages. If the United States agrees to proceed in that way, everything will return to the way it was before. Because right now, it's the United States that has blocked our way, and naturally, Iran has also blocked the way from its side. These are things that both sides need to open up first; then we can sit down at the negotiating table and discuss other issues at hand."

During the interview, Brennan brought up U.N. inspectors saying they couldn't guarantee the peaceful nature of the country's nuclear program, and said Iran has 440 kilograms of 60% enriched uranium, prompting her to ask the president if he is willing to allow weapon inspectors into the country so they can verify that it wouldn't be made into a weapon, to which he said:

"That is absolutely correct. This occurred after America chose to tear up the. Iran waited for one year in order for the European counterparts to live up to their commitments within the JCPOA. They failed to do so. Iran left the JCPOA and continued on the path that it saw fit. Now if they want to come in and have inspections, we can reach accords and agreements vis a vis that specific topic within the negotiations, not for them now to come and inspect those existing frameworks again."

To watch Brennan's full interview with Pezeshkian, click here.