Iran Unveils Seven-Day Plan to Reopen Strait of Hormuz and Restart Peace Negotiations
Iran has presented the US with a seven-day plan to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and restart broader peace negotiations, according to CBS News.
Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi laid out the proposal on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York, saying that the clock would start the day after Washington agrees to the terms, with the strait reopening and peace talks resuming seven days later.
The plan mirrors the June 17 memorandum of understanding signed by both countries, which produced a brief ceasefire before collapsing in early July.
Under the proposal, Washington would need to lift its naval blockade of Iranian oil ports, restore a sanctions waiver on Iranian oil exports, halt fighting on every front and release frozen Iranian assets within the first five days. The strait would then reopen on day six along a new route set by Iran and Oman.
Nuclear talks would start the day after, a sharp acceleration from the 60 days allowed under the June agreement. Araghchi said the conditions Iran is asking for are not new and match what was already agreed to in an earlier accord signed by the US president, only faster.