Politics
Iran issues US ultimatum over Strait of Hormuz as talks continue in New York
September 24, 2026 at 09:02 PM · Updated 21d ago
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8 reports · 7 in Arabic, 1 in English · over 12 hours
Iran has issued Washington a four-to-five-day deadline to meet its conditions for reopening the Strait of Hormuz as the two sides confer in New York.
- UK foreign secretary Ed Miliband met Iranian counterpart Abbas Araghchi in New York, the first UK-Iran ministerial meeting in a year.
- Rezaei said the seven conditions must be implemented "completely and all at once" and warned Iran would neither open the strait nor negotiate if unmet.
- US and Iranian negotiators in New York are discussing a phased path to end the war, with Tehran reopening the strait in exchange for Washington lifting its blockade.
- US secretary of state Marco Rubio said it would be wrong to characterize the Witkoff talks with Iran as a major breakthrough.
- Oil prices rose about $4 a barrel on Thursday as US-Iran talks showed no sign of progress.
- Washington added new sanctions targeting Iranian commercial airlines amid the stalled negotiations.
- Former US negotiator Dennis Ross estimated only a 30% chance of a deal before the November midterm elections.
- Miliband warned Araghchi that Britain will not tolerate intimidation, threats, or hostile activities on its soil from groups linked to Tehran.
- Araghchi said the proposal, relayed via intermediaries this week, gives Washington seven days to meet conditions that do not exceed the Islamabad memorandum.
- A White House official described the talks conducted via intermediaries as positive and constructive.
- Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said Tehran is ready to reach an agreement with Washington to end the war before the November midterm elections.
- Pezeshkian urged the US to return to the June memorandum of understanding and said Iran does not want the conflict to continue until the US election date.




