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Iran is in contact with mediators to review proposals for implementing a seven-day plan with the United States, Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said on Wednesday, according to Anadolu Agency.
Writing on the social media platform “X”, Araghchi said Tehran continued to give diplomacy a chance despite tensions with Washington, while Iran’s armed forces were prepared to defend the country.
“While our Brave Armed Forces are fully prepared to defend the Homeland, Iran continues to give diplomacy a chance to succeed,” he wrote. “We remain in close and ongoing contact with intermediaries to review ideas that can ensure implementation of our 7-Day Plan in even less than a week.”
Plan sets out steps over seven days
Iran presented the plan to Washington through Qatari mediators in September. It proposes reopening the Strait of Hormuz and resuming negotiations with the US within a week if Washington meets Tehran’s conditions.
Under the proposal, the US would take agreed steps during the first five days, including ending hostilities, lifting its naval blockade on Iranian ports, easing restrictions on Iranian oil exports and releasing frozen Iranian assets.
Iran would reopen the strait to normal commercial shipping on the sixth day. Negotiations between Tehran and Washington towards a comprehensive agreement would resume on the seventh day. The proposed measures remain subject to agreement.
On October 8, Araghchi said Tehran was reviewing Washington’s response to the proposal and that messages continued to be exchanged through mediators.
Diplomatic contacts follow military confrontation
The latest remarks come amid efforts to maintain a fragile ceasefire between Iran and the US after months of military confrontation.
The two countries signed the Islamabad Memorandum on June 18 after negotiations mediated by Pakistan and Oman. The agreement addressed several disputed issues, including maritime security in the strait, sanctions relief and the withdrawal of US naval restrictions.
Oman, Pakistan and Qatar have maintained diplomatic contacts aimed at resolving differences between Tehran and Washington.
