Iran Says No Word From Mediators on Strait of Hormuz Proposal

Iran has not yet received any reply from intermediaries regarding its proposal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz within a week if the United States meets a set of conditions, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said at the United Nations.

Speaking to state media, Araghchi said the proposal had been explained in interviews and discussed in meetings before being passed to the American side through intermediaries. He said Tehran had seen an initial reaction from the U.S. president, but that nothing further had been conveyed back to Iran by the mediators.

The minister said Washington's public messaging has been inconsistent, and that Iran is waiting for a definitive position to reach it through the intermediaries before deciding how to proceed. He described Iran's conditions as clear and said any movement toward reopening the strait depends on those conditions being met, with no retreat from them.

According to the account given by Araghchi, Iran offered this week to reopen the waterway and resume talks on its nuclear programme within seven days if the United States lifts its naval blockade of Iranian ports, waives sanctions on Iranian oil sales and observes a ceasefire that would include Lebanon.

On Saturday, President Donald Trump rejected the proposal, saying Iran wanted a deal because it was "losing so badly."

Iran effectively closed the strait after the United States and Israel attacked the Islamic Republic in late February. The number of ships transiting the waterway has fallen sharply amid Iranian threats and attacks on vessels.

Araghchi said Iran's adversaries had tried every available path without achieving a result, and argued that only a negotiated settlement grounded in dignity and justice — one that secures what he called the legitimate demands of the Iranian people — could break the deadlock. He said many countries share and understand that position.