Iran offers to reopen Strait of Hormuz within 7 days and restart nuclear talks
Iran’s foreign minister described a conditional proposal tied to renewed negotiations with the United States.
TL;DR
- Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said the Strait of Hormuz could reopen within seven days if U.S. conditions were met.
- The proposal also linked reopening the strait to restarting nuclear talks, according to CNBC and CBS News.
- The offer remained conditional, and U.S. officials described the talks as constructive but said they were not rushing toward an agreement.
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said Tehran had proposed reopening the Strait of Hormuz and resuming nuclear talks within seven days if the Trump administration accepted its conditions. CBS News independently reported the same conditional proposal. [1] [2]
A U.S. official told CBS that discussions were positive and constructive but that Washington was not in a rush to agree. The reporting describes a proposal under discussion, not a completed reopening or agreement. [2]
Why it matters
The strait is a major oil-shipping route, so a conditional reopening proposal connects regional diplomacy with energy-supply uncertainty. The coverage does not establish that traffic has resumed.
Editor's note
Headline kept verbatim from CNBC. The proposal and U.S. response are attributed to the reporting; market implications are described without trading advice.