Araghchi ties a 7-day Hormuz opening to sanctions and the blockade
Abbas Araghchi said in New York that the Strait of Hormuz would open at the end of day 7 if Washington accepted a plan sent through intermediaries. Al Jazeera and The Indian Express both report a halt to hostilities, an oil-sanctions waiver, release of at least 12 billion dollars in frozen assets and an end to the naval blockade. He tied the offer to the 17 June memorandum, which had allowed 60 days and which Donald Trump declared over on 7 July.
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Araghchi offers day 7 for the strait
Abbas Araghchi told reporters in New York on Thursday that Iran had passed Washington a plan through intermediaries and that the Strait of Hormuz would open at the end of day 7 if the conditions were met, Al Jazeera reported. The Indian Express, updated on 25 September, quotes him from a UN General Assembly briefing: if certain conditions are met, the strait would be open at the end of the seventh day and talks would restart. The Indian Express says he described the proposal as building on the memorandum of understanding Iran and the United States agreed in June, and as meant to move faster. Al Jazeera says that 17 June text set 60 days for talks and later came apart. Donald Trump declared it over on 7 July, Al Jazeera reported.[1], [2]
The conditions name oil, assets and the blockade
Al Jazeera, citing The New York Times, reported a halt to hostilities in Gaza and Lebanon within 7 days, release of frozen assets of at least 12 billion dollars, a waiver on oil sanctions and an end to the naval blockade. The Indian Express sets the same package in Araghchi's account: hostilities, including in Lebanon, would end during the 7 days; the US would waive sanctions on Iranian oil, release frozen assets estimated at least at 12 billion dollars, and lift its naval blockade; on day 7 the strait would open. The Indian Express says Iran would put the plan into effect once the US agreed, and that Araghchi would prefer a deal before the US midterm elections but said Tehran did not care about the timing. The moment of acceptance would start the timetable the next day.[1], [2]
Mediators are still carrying messages
Al Jazeera says Pakistan and Qatar brokered the 17 June text. A White House official told CNN that talks through mediators were positive, while a US official told The New York Times that Washington would not rush. Cyrus Schayegh, a professor of international history at the Geneva Graduate Institute, told Al Jazeera that Iran still treats the June memorandum as the roadmap and that the US still refuses it. The Indian Express and Al Jazeera agree that the new clock is 7 days and that it is offered against the June text, not as a replacement nobody has accepted. Neither report says Washington has taken the plan.[1], [2]
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