Araghchi offers conditional seven-day Hormuz reopening plan

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said Tehran has offered a conditional, seven-day plan to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and resume negotiations with the United States, with progress dependent on Washington accepting Iran’s terms. The proposal, which Araghchi said was conveyed through Qatar, has not been independently confirmed in the available accounts, and the United States’ response was not established by Sunday, October 18. Araghchi described the plan at a meeting of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation’s Council of Foreign Ministers in Baghdad on Saturday, October 17. He said Iran was prepared to restore passage through the strategic waterway if the necessary conditions were met, and said the decision now rested with Washington. In a more detailed account of the proposed schedule, Araghchi said shipping could resume on the sixth day after US acceptance, with negotiations beginning on the seventh. The timeline is conditional; the reports do not establish that the United States has accepted the plan or that the strait has reopened. Araghchi said Tehran remained willing to engage in dialogue but required credible guarantees and rejected negotiations under military...