JUST IN: Iran Says A Peace Plan Has Been Sent To US
Iran is demanding Washington meet its conditions before reopening the Strait of Hormuz, with Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi saying Tehran has already put its proposal before the U.S.
Araghchi outlined the position in remarks to Iranian state broadcaster IRIB, according to a video posted on X.
“Our response is clear. We have submitted our plan to the US. If they are sincere about advancing the negotiations and reopening the Strait of Hormuz, they should meet our conditions, and everything will be resolved,” Araghchi said.
The statement offered no concessions from Tehran, instead putting the burden on Washington to accept Iranian demands before the critical shipping route can reopen.
The proposal predates Wednesday’s remarks. Iran submitted its plan in September following the collapse of an interim ceasefire, JP reported. Araghchi said Sunday that the offer remained available.
Tehran’s demands include lifting the U.S. blockade of Iranian ports, removing sanctions on Iranian oil exports and ending hostilities across the region.
The dispute has left a major artery of international energy trade caught in the confrontation. Before the war, roughly one-fifth of global trade in oil and liquefied natural gas passed through Hormuz.
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‘We have given our plan to the Americans’ — Iranian FM Araghchi
‘If they are sincere about progress in the negotiations and the opening of the Strait of Hormuz, they should comply with our conditions and everything will be resolved’ https://t.co/7Vk3vZyyuk
— RT Intl (@RT_on_X) October 21, 2026
Diplomatic contacts have continued through Pakistan and Qatar. In a separate interview Tuesday with Iraq’s Al Ekhbariya television, Araghchi described a seven-day timetable that would reopen the strait on the sixth day if Washington met Iran’s conditions, followed by further negotiations.
But the two sides remain divided over what those negotiations must address.
Washington wants Iran’s nuclear program included from the start, while Tehran is pressing for its demands over the blockade and other restrictions to be satisfied before nuclear talks begin.
The fighting, which began with U.S. and Israeli attacks in February, has dragged into its eighth month. Iran’s latest offer would also leave the reopened strait under Iranian control, according to JP, preserving Tehran’s grip on the waterway even if an agreement restores shipping.