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Iran proposes reopening Hormuz within seven days
AFP, New York
Published: 25 Sep 2026, 03:44 PM
Vessels at the Strait of Hormuz, as seen from Musandam, Oman, 6 September, 2026. Photo: Reuters
Iran has submitted a proposal to the United States to end their war and reopen the Strait of Hormuz within seven days, its foreign minister told media outlets in New York.
"If certain conditions are met, the strait will be open
within seven days and talks will start," Abbas Araghchi, who is in the US
for the UN General Assembly, told media outlets including the New York Times
and The Guardian.
Japanese news agency Kyodo was the first to report the
proposal, citing a senior Iranian official on Tuesday.
Iranian media, however, denied the Kyodo report, while
authorities in Tehran have not clarified their position.
Araghchi also met for talks on Tuesday with US President
Donald Trump's envoy Steve Witkoff.
Iran has previously set out seven conditions for ending the
war and reopening the strait.
According to Araghchi, as quoted by the New York Times, the
latest plan calls for a cessation of all hostilities in the Middle East for seven
days, including in Lebanon.
It also calls for the release of frozen Iranian assets
estimated to be worth at least $12 billion, as well as the lifting of sanctions
on Iranian oil and an end to the US naval blockade of Iran.
On the seventh day of the truce, Iran would reopen Hormuz.
Araghchi said he was waiting for a US response to the plan and maintained that China supported the proposal.
Chinese President Xi Jinping is visiting the United States
this week where he is meeting with Trump for talks.
Hossein Mohebi, a spokesman for the Revolutionary Guards,
the ideological arm of Iran's military, told AFP in an exclusive interview on
Tuesday that ending hostilities in Yemen was also among Tehran's demands.
The US and Iran signed a memorandum of understanding in June
that aimed to end the war, reopen the strait and launch talks on Iran's nuclear
programme.
But the deal broke down shortly afterwards when Iran fired
on commercial ships in Hormuz that it accused of deviating from its approved
route through the waterway.
Iran requires ships to obtain authorisation before passage,
citing security and sovereignty reasons.
Ships that refuse to comply are regularly targeted, while
the United States sporadically bombs Iranian coastal areas in retaliation.