{"id":20131,"date":"2026-11-09T15:51:05","date_gmt":"2026-11-09T10:51:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newspulse.com.pk\/en\/?p=20131"},"modified":"2026-11-09T15:51:05","modified_gmt":"2026-11-09T10:51:05","slug":"iran-keeps-48-hour-hormuz-reopening","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newspulse.com.pk\/en\/2026\/11\/09\/iran-keeps-48-hour-hormuz-reopening\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran Keeps 48-Hour Hormuz Reopening Plan on Table, Puts Ball in US Court"},"content":{"rendered":"

Iran Keeps 48-Hour Hormuz Reopening Plan on Table, Puts Ball in US Court<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Tehran demands end to war, lifting of naval blockade and release of frozen assets, saying maritime security depends on Washington’s actions<\/p>\n

TEHRAN: Iran has described its proposal to restore security in the Strait of Hormuz within 48 hours as a \u201clogical roadmap\u201d, saying the strategic waterway would remain insecure as long as the United States continued its actions against Tehran.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Speaking at a weekly press conference on Monday, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baqaei<\/a> said the two-day proposal remained on the table and could be implemented if Washington demonstrated the necessary political will.<\/p>\n

He said Iran was capturing enemy drones intact as well as shooting them down, describing the actions as an exercise of the country’s right to defend its territory.<\/p>\n

Addressing the security situation in the Strait of Hormuz, Baqaei said the waterway had remained open until the outbreak of the US-Israeli war against Iran on February 28. He blamed the United States and Israel for the subsequent insecurity in the region.<\/p>\n

The spokesperson stressed that vessels seeking to transit the strategic waterway must coordinate with Iran’s relevant authorities. He said ships attempting to navigate unsafe routes under US pressure had encountered incidents.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs long as the US continues its actions, we will not see security return to this waterway,\u201d he warned.<\/p>\n

Explaining the proposal, Baqaei said it incorporated all understandings reached with Washington under the Islamabad memorandum of understanding. He said Tehran’s demands included the lifting of sanctions and other commitments that Iran considered essential to its national interests.<\/p>\n

He accused Washington of accepting commitments before subsequently violating them, arguing that Tehran could not be held responsible for the United States’ failure to honour its obligations.<\/p>\n

Baqaei described the 48-hour plan as a gesture of goodwill, saying Iran was prepared to implement it within the proposed timeframe if the other side showed genuine political will.<\/p>\n

He maintained that Tehran’s demands were neither unusual nor unreasonable and had already been incorporated into the Islamabad understandings. He also acknowledged the diplomatic efforts of mediators seeking to resolve the regional crisis.<\/p>\n

The spokesperson said Iran had previously demonstrated its commitment to an achievable agreement by fulfilling its obligations in good faith, adding that Tehran would not accept any arrangement that undermined its national interests.<\/p>\n

Reiterating his position, Baqaei challenged Washington to consider whether a more reasonable proposal was available, arguing that Iran’s plan offered a pathway towards restoring security in the Persian Gulf.<\/p>\n

Under the proposal, Iran would reopen the Strait of Hormuz to commercial shipping within 48 hours after Washington met Tehran’s conditions, which include lifting the naval blockade of Iranian ports, ending the war on all fronts and unfreezing Iranian assets held abroad.<\/p>\n

Tehran had initially proposed reopening the strategic waterway within seven days but subsequently reduced the implementation period to 48 hours, describing the move as a demonstration of goodwill.<\/p>\n

Both proposals were conveyed through Qatari mediation, with Doha continuing diplomatic efforts to facilitate a resolution to the regional conflict.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi reiterated on Sunday night that the proposal remained available, saying the White House must choose between accepting Tehran’s conditions and continuing the war.<\/p>\n

Araqchi said American voters had already made their choice and that the decision now rested with Washington. He also warned that Iran’s Armed Forces remained on high alert and were prepared to respond if the United States chose confrontation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Iran Keeps 48-Hour Hormuz Reopening Plan on Table, Puts Ball in US Court Tehran demands end to war, lifting of naval blockade and release of frozen assets, saying maritime security depends on Washington’s actions TEHRAN: Iran has described its proposal to restore security in the Strait of Hormuz within 48 hours as a \u201clogical roadmap\u201d, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":20132,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2297,2299],"tags":[4099,3847,3766],"class_list":["post-20131","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-news","category-world","tag-iran-_-us-war","tag-iran-fo-esmaeil-baqaei","tag-strait-of-hormuz"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newspulse.com.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20131","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newspulse.com.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newspulse.com.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newspulse.com.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newspulse.com.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20131"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newspulse.com.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20131\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20133,"href":"https:\/\/newspulse.com.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20131\/revisions\/20133"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newspulse.com.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20132"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newspulse.com.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20131"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newspulse.com.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20131"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newspulse.com.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20131"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}