Iran Says Hormuz Could Reopen in Two Days if US Agrees

Iran said on November 2 it could restore security to the Strait of Hormuz and resume negotiations with the United States within two days if Washington accepts Tehran’s conditions. Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei said messages were continuing through mediators, but no agreement had been announced. Baghaei described the shorter timeline as a faster implementation of Iran’s proposal from September, which set out a seven-day process. The two-day timetable is conditional, he said, and depends on the United States accepting Iran’s demands. It is not an agreed arrangement between the two countries. Iran’s conditions include ending the war on all fronts, lifting the U.S. naval blockade of Iranian ports, removing sanctions on Iranian oil and unfreezing Iranian assets abroad. Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has also said Washington must accept a transit route through the strait agreed by Iran and Oman, lift recent sanctions and reduce U.S. troop numbers in the region. A separate proposal was being circulated in Qatar-mediated discussions, according to an official briefed on the talks. The official said the draft was intended to end the war and that Iranian negotiators’...