Iran sends US “seven-day plan” for Strait of Hormuz

New York. In the struggle to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, Iran now sees the USA's turn. Tehran has sent Washington a “seven-day plan” via Qatar, Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi told reporters in New York. The decision now rests with the United States. “You can accept this seven-day plan and in the end the Strait of Hormuz will be open,” Aragshi said.

According to Araghtschi, the plan is for the US to first meet certain requirements. The strait could then be reopened. The conditions are said to be commitments already set out in the June framework agreement. Tehran assumes that these “can be implemented within four or five days”.

A US official initially said they were in “no hurry” and were holding positive and constructive talks with Iran through mediators. The Wall Street Journal later reported, citing unnamed US officials, that President Donald Trump rejected the Iranian plan. The president has told his advisers that he expects to resume air strikes on targets in Iran after the US general election in early November, it said. Trump has already threatened Iran with massive attacks several times - without ultimately following through.

The June framework agreement was intended to open the strait, which is important for the export of oil and liquid gas. However, in the face of continued mutual attacks, the agreement quickly collapsed.

The Iranian Foreign Minister has now said that at the end of the seven-day plan there will be the beginning of talks with the USA on a final agreement. Such an agreement would also have to regulate the handling of Iran's controversial nuclear program.

In the past, the leadership in Tehran had demanded, among other things, that the US release frozen Iranian assets, end the war on all fronts and lift its blockade of Iranian ports and ships in order to open the Strait of Hormuz. The Islamic Republic also demanded that Washington not interfere in the country's internal affairs.