Iran has offered the United States a seven-day plan to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and resume negotiations between the two countries.
Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said he presented the proposal through mediators on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly.
“We have introduced a plan to the United States through the intermediaries that if certain conditions are met, the Strait of Hormuz would be open at the end of the seventh day and talks would restart,” Araghchi told U.S. reporters.
He declined to disclose the conditions but said they amounted to “nothing more” than what the two countries agreed in June.
The New York Times and CNN reported that Iran delivered the proposal to Washington through a mediator.
A White House official told CNN that the United States was having “positive and constructive discussions” through mediators.
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U.S. and Iranian representatives held talks on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly on Tuesday, marking their first negotiations in several months.
Iranian state media said Araghchi had also communicated Tehran’s conditions for reopening the strait.
The conditions include the immediate lifting of a U.S. naval blockade off Iran’s coast, the release of frozen Iranian assets and an end to the war on all fronts.
The conflict has increasingly reached a stalemate, while control of the Strait of Hormuz remains a major point of contention between Washington and Tehran.
The strait serves as a critical route for global oil and liquefied natural gas shipments, making its reopening significant for international energy markets.
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