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- Oct 3, 202650% CONFIDENCEfrom the source
Iran's Seven-Day Plan Would Reopen the Strait of Hormuz
- Iran's foreign minister Abbas Araghchi told reporters on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York on Thursday 24 September: "If certain conditions are met, the Strait of Hormuz will be open at the end of seven days, and talks will be restarted"[2]
- The clock only starts once Washington says yes: "The moment they accept this plan, from the next day, this timetable can start, and after seven days, the strait will be open"[3]
- Counting from an acceptance on Friday 25 September, day 1 would be 26 September and day 7 would end at midnight Tehran time on 2 October, so 3 October is the earliest the strait could reopen. Every day the US waits pushes the date back by one
- The terms are the June Islamabad memorandum on a faster timetable: fighting stops on all fronts including Lebanon, the US lifts its naval blockade of Iranian ports and waives oil sanctions, frozen assets are released, the strait reopens after seven days and nuclear talks follow[3][4]
- The June memorandum, signed on 17 June, gave a 60-day toll-free passage for peace talks and collapsed in early July amid renewed attacks on shipping[2][3][4]
- The US has not accepted: a White House official said the US is "in a very strong position" and "not in a rush", Trump predicted a deal only after November's midterms, and Rubio said the Qatar-mediated contacts in New York were no "major breakthrough"[3][4]
- Araghchi said a deal would be "much better" before the midterms, and Saudi Arabia was skeptical of the push as Houthi missiles and drones hit Saudi targets[2][4]
- Ship transits through the strait, normally the route for about a fifth of the world's oil, were down to nine on 25 September; Brent traded near $105.56 and WTI near $92.94[2]
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- [1]50%cnbc.com/2026/09/25/us-iran-trump-hormuz-.htmlcnbc.com· Posted Sep 25, 2026· Starts Oct 3, 2026 ✓· 25% of score
Estimated: Araghchi said the timetable starts "from the next day" after the US accepts and the strait opens "on the end of the seventh day"; the US had not accepted by 25 September, so acceptance that day would start day 1 on 26 September and end day 7 at midnight Tehran time on 2 October, making 3 October the earliest opening, and every later acceptance moves it back a day.
- [2]90%What's in Iran's seven-day plan to reopen the Strait of Hormuz? - Al Jazeeraaljazeera.com· Published Sep 25, 2026· 25% of score
Al Jazeera's explainer quotes Araghchi on when the clock starts ("The moment they accept this plan, from the next day, this timetable can start") and that the strait opens "on the end of the seventh day", with Gabriel Elizondo's sequence of steps and RUSI's view that sanctions relief is unlikely.
- [3]88%Iran proposes a deal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz in 7 days if the US meets its conditions (AP)ksat.com· Published Sep 25, 2026· 25% of score
AP's Cara Anna names the three conditions (lift the naval blockade, waive oil sanctions, a ceasefire including Lebanon), notes the June memorandum's 60-day interim period, Trump being in no rush, and Saudi skepticism amid the Houthi attacks.[1]
- [4]80%Araghchi claims Iran offered US deal to reopen Strait of Hormuz within one week - The Jerusalem Postjpost.com· Published Sep 25, 2026· 25% of score
The Jerusalem Post carries Araghchi's "from the next day, this timetable can start" quote, his wish for a deal before the midterms, and a White House official's reply that the US is "not in a rush".[1]
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