Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baqaei said Nov. 2 that Tehran could carry out its Strait of Hormuz proposal within two days if Washington ended its naval blockade, keeping shipping access tied to U.S. action.
Baqaei said implementing the proposal could pave the way for a rapid restoration of security in the strait. The two-day period refers to carrying out the plan. He said Iran’s existing proposal remained the basis for exchanges with Washington and that a U.S. letter had not begun a new diplomatic process.
EconoTimes covered Baqaei’s remarks on Nov. 3. Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said Oct. 31 that Qatari mediators had suggested shortening the implementation period. Iranian officials have announced no date for reopening the strait.
Separately, Reuters reported earlier, citing a senior Iranian official, that Tehran had sent Washington a nuclear proposal through Qatar and would discuss it only after the United States met seven demands.
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi told the U.N. Security Council on Oct. 27 that inspectors were carrying out verification work at Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant. He said it was the only site in Iran where that work was then underway and that normal inspections elsewhere had not resumed.
