Iran’s proposal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz within seven days remains on the table, Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said Sunday, as Tehran and Washington remain at odds over conditions for ending the eight-month war.
Iran presented the plan in September after an interim ceasefire collapsed.
“Our situation is clear and based on the seven-days proposal presented to the U.S.,” Araghchi said in Baghdad.
“They shared comments which we are reviewing, but our proposal is still on the table and if there is any honesty on the U.S. part, which there isn’t, the way to reopening the Strait of Hormuz is obvious.”
The battle over control of the Strait of Hormuz remains the sticking point for Iran, while President Donald Trump has maintained the Strait remains open for all but Iran.
The “vast majority” of Iran’s attempted attacks on shipping in the Strait of Hormuz are “unsuccessful” as the key waterway remains open for transit, U.S. Central Command spokesperson and U.S. Navy Capt. Tim Hawkins told Fox News Digital this week.
Hawkins spoke after CENTCOM said the GFS Pride, a Singapore-flagged, Cyprus-owned container ship was hit by an Iranian projectile in the Strait of Hormuz Wednesday and sunk while being towed ashore due to a fire on board the ship.
“The U.S. military has assisted in providing coordinated protection for thousands of ships that have safely transited,” Hawkins said. “That translates to about 97% of the ships that have sought to transit the Strait of Hormuz have done so successfully without being hit by an Iranian projectile.
“But let’s be clear here. What the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps of Iran is doing is unjustified, and it’s also unsuccessful because they are not achieving their objective of closing the Strait of Hormuz.”
Araghchi said the waterway could reopen within six days if Washington accepts Iran’s conditions, with peace talks resuming the following day.
The United States has insisted that negotiations address Iran’s nuclear program from the outset.
Vice President JD Vance previously said Tehran must make a “meaningful” reduction in its uranium enrichment capacity.
Iran says talks should initially focus on reopening the strait, a key global shipping route that carried roughly one-fifth of the world’s oil and liquefied natural gas trade before the war.
Fox News Digital’s Greg Norman-Diamond and Reuters contributed to this report.