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New York / Tehran – September 25, 2026
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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 has 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 United Nations 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 fully clarified their position.
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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.
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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.
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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 has sporadically bombed Iranian coastal areas in retaliation.
The latest proposal comes amid ongoing strain on global energy markets and heightened attention on the strategic waterway, through which a significant portion of the world’s oil supply passes. Diplomatic efforts at the United Nations General Assembly have placed renewed focus on whether a temporary truce and the reopening of Hormuz can pave the way for broader talks.
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