Iranian foreign minister to meet mediators in New York over Hormuz proposal: Report

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi is expected to meet mediators in New York on Monday to discuss proposals concerning the Strait of Hormuz and talks with the US, Iranian news agency ISNA reported.

No US representative will attend the meeting, it said.

Araghchi and the Iranian delegation are due to review the latest proposals and views on the current situation with the mediators, according to ISNA.

At the start of his New York visit, Araghchi said Iran had proposed reopening the strait as part of an agreement to end the war, in exchange for the release of Iranian funds and assets that Tehran says have been unlawfully frozen.

ISNA said the proposal was conveyed to the US side through mediators in New York.

US President Donald Trump said he had rejected it, the agency reported, while adding that messages continued to be exchanged in efforts to resume negotiations, lift the US naval blockade and reopen the strait.

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Asked earlier about the US response to Iran’s seven-point proposal, Araghchi said: “We saw the initial reaction from the US president, but the mediators have not yet conveyed anything to us.”

“We are waiting for the intermediaries to convey a definitive response, and we will decide accordingly,” he said.

“In any case, our conditions are clear. Any progress toward reopening the Strait of Hormuz depends on those conditions being met, and we will not back down from them.”

The new proposal lays out a roadmap to open the Strait of Hormuz to normal maritime passage within a week. It calls for the US to release frozen Iranian assets, lift oil sanctions and end the naval blockade on Iranian ports, after which the strategic waterway could be reopened and negotiations on a final deal would start.

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