Iran Says Two-Day Hormuz Plan Remains Conditional

Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baqaei said Monday, November 9, that Tehran’s proposal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz within two days remains available, but only if Washington meets Iran’s conditions. His remarks describe a conditional offer; the reports do not establish that the United States has accepted it or that the strait has reopened under the plan.

Baqaei said at a weekly press conference that Iran shortened the proposal’s implementation period from seven days to two. The initial proposal was presented in September, according to the accounts of his remarks. He described the two-day plan as a practical way to restore security in the strategic waterway.

In one account of the press conference, Baqaei said the conditions include lifting the U.S. naval blockade of Iranian ports, ending the war on all fronts and unfreezing Iranian assets held abroad. He said the Strait would reopen to commercial shipping within 48 hours after Washington met those conditions. The specific terms and timeline were reported as Baqaei’s description of Iran’s proposal, not as agreed arrangements.

Baqaei also said the plan incorporated understandings reached under an Islamabad memorandum...