Abbas Araghchi keeps seven-day Hormuz offer on the...

Summary

• Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said on Sunday that Tehran’s seven-day plan for the Strait of Hormuz remained open to Washington.
• What Abbas Araghchi wants from WashingtonUnder the plan, Iran would first take four to five days of confidence-building steps.
• Abbas Araghchi told the Baghdad meeting that Iran had pursued diplomacy for two years.

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Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said on Sunday that Tehran’s seven-day plan for the Strait of Hormuz remained open to Washington.

He told Iranian media that Iran had not withdrawn its offer. If the United States met Tehran’s conditions, the strait would reopen on Friday, and talks would resume the next day.

“If there is sincerity on the part of the Americans,” he said, the way forward was clear. Iran was now working on its reply to the latest US response.

What Abbas Araghchi wants from Washington

Under the plan, Iran would first take four to five days of confidence-building steps. The strait would then reopen on day six or seven. Formal nuclear and peace negotiations would restart on day seven.

Iran wants about $12 billion in frozen assets released, along with a waiver or lifting of sanctions on its oil exports. Finally, it wants Washington to lift the naval blockade on Iranian ports.