Iran presents seven-day roadmap for ending war and reopening Hormuz

Iran says it has formally submitted a seven-day roadmap to the United States for ending the war and is awaiting Washington’s response. Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said on Friday that the proposal had been conveyed through Qatar. He told reporters that the timetable would begin once Washington accepted it.

Under the plan, initial steps would take four to five days. Iran would reopen the Strait of Hormuz on the sixth day, followed on the seventh day by talks on a final agreement covering mutually agreed subjects, including Iran’s nuclear programme. The proposal calls for the United States to lift its naval blockade of Iranian ports, waive sanctions on Iranian oil sales, release an estimated 12 billion dollars in frozen Iranian assets and observe a regional ceasefire covering Lebanon and Yemen.

Iran would in return reopen Hormuz, a major route for global oil and gas shipments that Tehran has used as leverage during the conflict. Araghchi said Iran would not accept coercion or surrender its sovereign rights, but was prepared to proceed if Washington showed seriousness. The proposal resembles a memorandum of understanding signed in June after mediation by Qatar and Pakistan.

That arrangement established a 60-day negotiating period but collapsed within weeks after disputes over shipping controls. The United States subsequently conducted occasional strikes on Iranian territory and coastal areas. Araghchi met US envoy Steve Witkoff during the United Nations General Assembly.

A White House official described discussions through mediators as positive and constructive, but analysts remained sceptical. Cyrus Schayegh of the Geneva Graduate Institute said little had fundamentally changed and that both sides remained divided over the earlier framework. Qatar said its foreign minister had spoken with Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian about de-escalation and renewed dialogue.