Iran calls US response to seven-day Hormuz proposal ‘insufficient’
Iran has rejected the United States' response to its 'Seven-Day Plan' for reopening the Strait of Hormuz and resuming nuclear negotiations. Tehran maintains that Washington's response was insufficient and requires further clarification on key conditions.
Why it matters
The ongoing diplomatic impasse regarding the Strait of Hormuz and nuclear negotiations poses significant risks to global energy security and regional stability.
Iran’s Supreme National Security Council secretary Mohsen Rezaei said on Sunday that Washington’s response to Tehran’s seven conditions for reopening the strategic Strait of Hormuz was “insufficient”, Iranian state media reported.Rezaei said the United States had accepted some of Iran’s conditions, while others remained unclear. He added that Washington needed to clarify the outstanding issues.Iran had proposed reopening the Strait of Hormuz and resuming negotiations on its nuclear programme within seven days, provided the United States lifted its naval blockade of Iranian ports, waived sanctions on Iranian oil sales and observed a ceasefire that would also cover Lebanon.Earlier, Iranian foreign minister Seyyed Abbas Araghchi said Tehran would respond to a US peace proposal for the West Asia conflict “within the next…
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