Iran Calls US Reply Insufficient
Iran's security chief, Mohsen Rezaei, has described the United States' response to Tehran's proposal for reopening the Strait of Hormuz as insufficient, according to state media reports on Sunday. Rezaei, who serves as Secretary of the Supreme National Security Council, said Washington needs to clarify issues that remain unclear to Tehran. He explained that Iran had presented seven conditions to the Americans and made clear the strait would not be opened and no negotiations would take place until those conditions are met.[S1][S2][S3][S4][S5][S6][S7][S8]
Reuters sought comment from the White House but received no immediate reply. According to Rezaei, Tehran has stopped engaging in the back-and-forth with Washington. He explained that the American side agreed to certain Iranian demands, though the status of the remaining ones is still ambiguous. The plan, put forward at the UN General Assembly, calls for the Strait of Hormuz to be opened again and regular shipping traffic to resume within a week, provided the conditions are satisfied.[S1]
Diplomatic Efforts and Regional Impact
Late in September, Tehran announced it had gotten a US reply to its newest plan for reviving the failed Gulf ceasefire, coming days after President Donald Trump said he had turned it down. Qatar and other go-betweens have carried messages back and forth between Washington and Tehran as part of efforts to halt the fighting and get the Strait of Hormuz open again. Prior to the war, which started at the end of February when the US and Israel struck Iran, one-fifth of global oil and liquefied natural gas moved through that waterway.[S1]
