'Lie and fabrication': Iran denies Hormuz deal offer to US through Pakistan

Iran has denied reports that it offered to reopen the Strait of Hormuz in return for the US lifting its naval blockade, with the IRGC-affiliated Tasnim news agency saying Tehran has made no fresh proposal to Pakistani mediators.Citing sources, Tasnim said reports by a Saudi Arabian outlet claiming that Iran had conveyed such an offer to Washington through Pakistan were “a lie and fabrication", Press TV reported.The reports had suggested that Tehran was willing to reopen the strategic waterway if the US ended its naval blockade.On October 18, Iranian foreign minister Abbas Araghchi had said Tehran's proposal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz within seven days remained on the table. He made the remarks while speaking to Iranian media in Baghdad.“Our situation is clear and based on the seven-days proposal presented to ​the ​US.