Iran's Araqchi says now up to US to accept 7-day plan


FILE PHOTO: Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi arrives for the 81st United Nations General Assembly, in New York City, US, in this screengrab from a video released on September 22, 2026. Araqchi Telegram Channel/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo

Sept 25 (Reuters) - ⁠Iran has given the ⁠United States a "concrete" seven-day ‌plan to open the strategic Strait of Hormuz and the choice ​now rests with ⁠the US, Iran's Foreign ⁠Minister Abbas Araqchi told reporters ⁠at ‌the United Nations on Friday.

"If the ⁠necessary conditions are met, the ​strait ‌can be reopened, a normal ⁠maritime ​passage restored within seven days. The choice now rests ⁠with the United States," ​he said.

"The actions that the United States should should ⁠take are not new. They are all already in the MOU," he said, ​referring tothe memorandum ⁠of understanding that Iran ​and the United ‌States agreed in ​June.

(Reporting by Michelle Nichols, editing by Don Durfee)

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