TEHRAN, Sept 26, (TGMN/NET) : Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said
Tehran’s new plan to reopen the strategic Strait of Hormuz was coordinated
with supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei, state media reported Saturday, quoting
an interview with US media.
Pezeshkian also told broadcaster CBS that the Islamic republic would fulfil
obligations were the United States to agree to the proposal, according to
excerpts released by state news agency IRNA.
The strait is crucial for the world’s oil supply and central to the conflict
between the US and Iran, which remains deadlocked after nearly seven months.
“Coordination with the leader of the revolution (the supreme leader)… has
been carried out,” Pezeshkian said.
“If the US accepts it and fulfils its obligations, we will do the same, and
there will be no issue in this regard,” he added.
Pezeshkian said that a six-member team in Iran has been meeting for
discussions and has “the authority to make decisions”.
This team includes representatives from “various organisations and bodies,
including the military, the parliament and the government”.
Washington has yet to publicly respond to Iran’s proposal but reports
indicated that President Donald Trump had rejected the plan, which calls for
a cessation of all hostilities in the Middle East.
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said the plan’s conditions were the
same as those laid out in a memorandum of understanding signed with the US in
June.
It notably calls for the release of frozen Iranian assets estimated to be
worth at least $12 billion, as well as the lifting of sanctions on Iranian
oil and an end to the US naval blockade of Iran.
