Iran Offers US Seven-Day Plan to Reopen Strait of Hormuz

Iran has presented the United States with a seven-day proposal aimed at reopening the strategic Strait of Hormuz and resuming negotiations between the two countries.

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi disclosed the proposal while speaking to U.S. reporters on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly.

According to Araghchi, Tehran communicated the plan to Washington through intermediaries, proposing that the Strait would be reopened at the end of the seventh day if certain conditions were met.

“We have introduced a plan to the United States through the intermediators that if certain conditions are met, the Strait of Hormuz would be open at the end of the seventh day and talks would restart,” he said.

Araghchi did not disclose the specific conditions, but said they were “nothing more” than commitments previously agreed upon by Iran and the United States in June.

The proposal was reportedly conveyed to Washington through a mediator, according to reports by the New York Times and CNN.

A White House official also confirmed to CNN that the United States was engaged in “positive and constructive discussions” through intermediaries.

Representatives of Iran and the U.S. held talks on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly on Tuesday, marking the first direct negotiations between the two sides in several months.

Iranian state media reported that Tehran’s conditions for reopening the Strait include the immediate lifting of the U.S. naval blockade off the Iranian coast, the release of frozen Iranian assets and an end to the war on all fronts.

The conflict has increasingly appeared to have reached a stalemate, with control of the Strait of Hormuz remaining a major point of contention between Washington and Tehran.

The Strait, which connects the Persian Gulf with the Gulf of Oman, is a critical global energy corridor through which a significant volume of the world’s oil and liquefied natural gas shipments passes.