Iran offers conditional seven-day plan on Hormuz and talks

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said Tehran has sent the United States a conditional, seven-day proposal linking the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz with a return to negotiations over Iran’s nuclear program and the wider conflict. The proposal was conveyed through intermediaries during diplomatic contacts around the United Nations General Assembly in New York, Araghchi said. No agreement has been reported, and the waterway has not been confirmed as reopened. Araghchi described the proposal as similar to a memorandum of understanding reached by Iran and the United States in June. He said Iran’s conditions were not new, but did not publicly detail the full terms. Accounts of the proposed sequence vary: some describe reopening the strait within seven days if conditions are met, followed by nuclear talks, while the precise timetable and conditions remain unclear. The White House had not publicly responded to the proposal in the reporting. Araghchi was reported to be staying in New York over the weekend awaiting a response. The offer’s status therefore remains unresolved, with no indication that Washington has accepted or rejected it.