Iran says Hormuz reopening proposal stands as Tehran and Washington remain at odds
Because washington had failed to address all seven conditions for reopening the strategic waterway, tehran later acknowledged receiving a US response, but Iran’s security chief said last week that negotiations had stalled.
Speaking to Iranian media outlets in Baghdad, where he was attending a meeting of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), Araqchi said Tehran was reviewing Washington’s response to its proposal but accused the United States of lacking the honesty needed to reach an agreement. US Vice President JD Vance said earlier this month that Iran must make a “meaningful” reduction in its uranium enrichment capacity to meet Washington’s demands and bring the conflict to an end. Iran’s offer to reopen the Strait of Hormuz within seven days remains on the table, foreign minister Abbas Araqchi said on Sunday, as Tehran and Washington remain at odds over the conditions for ending their eight-month war.
They shared comments which we are reviewing, but our proposal is still on the table and if there is any honesty on the US part, which there isn’t, the way to reopening the Strait of Hormuz is obvious,” Araqchi said, according to Reuters. The Iranian foreign minister also met Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi on the sidelines of the OIC meeting, according to Iran’s state-run IRNA news agency. He said continued fighting in any area would prolong the wider conflict, according to IRNA.
“Our situation is clear and based on the seven-days proposal presented to the US. Iranian deputy foreign minister Saeed Khatibzadeh has separately stressed that hostilities must end across all fronts to achieve lasting peace in the region.
Meanwhile, US President Donald Trump said on Saturday that he expected the war with Iran to end “very quickly” and predicted that energy costs for American consumers would fall once hostilities ended.