Iran offers to reopen Strait of Hormuz under three conditions

Iran has offered to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and resume negotiations on its nuclear programme within seven days if the United States lifts its naval blockade of Iranian ports, waives sanctions on Iranian oil sales and observes a ceasefire that includes Lebanon. Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi outlined the proposal during a private gathering on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York on Thursday (September 24), The Associated Press stated…

…oil prices fuel inflation. On the Iranian side, there are questions as to whether the hard-liners who dominate the security forces would accept compromises championed by moderates like President Masoud Pezeshkian. “ If Trump calculates this arrangement is worthwhile and can bring political benefit before the midterms and reduce gas prices, perhaps we'll see flexibility not seen in previous weeks ,” Parsi said. But he noted “deep suspicion,” especially around the prospect of Iran merely buying time to ship out more of its oil and ease its economic pain. There are other signs of renewed diplomacy In the latest…

…could push Trump to make a deal. Maj. Gen. Yahya Rahim Safavi, a military adviser to Iran's new supreme leader, told state television that the Americans “face a new problem called the Bab el-Mandeb Strait.” He added: “ I think the process that is unfolding is in our favour, and the Americans will be forced to accept Iran's conditions. ” With the Houthis' latest surge in attacks, Saudi Arabia was sceptical of Araghchi's latest push for a deal with the US, according to the person familiar with the matter. The kingdom, along with other Gulf states, had…

…a deal, however, suspicion is high on both sides. The US and Israel have attacked Iran twice while it was engaged in nuclear talks, and the US and Iran accuse each other of having swiftly violated the June agreement. “ The Iranians already know that the chances of this not being accepted by Trump are much higher than the opposite ,” Hamidreza Azizi, senior Iran analyst at the International Crisis Group think tank, wrote on X. “They want to show that they were ready for diplomacy and that it was the United States that, for the third time, decided…

…that Iran doesn't fear war. Iran's parliament speaker, Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf, who served as chief negotiator in earlier talks with the United States, provided a rare public acknowledgment of the internal divide. “ There is a view that speaks of war but offers no prospect or mechanism for bringing it to a powerful conclusion ,” he wrote on social media. “At the opposite end is a current that makes the error of underestimating national capabilities.” He added: “The first error keeps the country in a state of permanent crisis, while the…