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Abbas Araghchi Says Iran Reviews 7-Day Plan With US Via Qatari Mediators
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Iran is in contact with mediators to implement a seven-day plan with the United States. Araghchi says mediators' proposals are being reviewed for early implementation within a week.
7-Day Plan, Mediators
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said Tehran is in contact with mediators to review proposals to implement a seven-day plan with the US, while he wrote on US social media company X that Iran continues to give diplomacy a chance despite tensions with Washington. Araghchi said, “While our Brave Armed Forces are fully prepared to defend the Homeland, Iran continues to give diplomacy a chance to succeed,” and he added that Tehran remains in close and ongoing contact with intermediaries to review ideas that could ensure implementation of its 7-Day Plan in even less than a week. The seven-day plan presented to Washington through Qatari mediators in September proposes reopening the Strait of Hormuz and resuming negotiations with the US within a week if Washington meets Tehran’s conditions.
The plan would have the US 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. On the sixth day, Iran would reopen the strait to normal commercial shipping, while negotiations between Tehran and Washington toward a comprehensive agreement would resume on the seventh day, and the proposed measures remain subject to agreement.
Blockade and Draft Deal
Anna Kelly, White House Principal Deputy Press Secretary, told The Jerusalem Post that the blockade will remain in full force and effect, and she said, “The United States will not be attacking Iran at any time prior to the midterm elections.” Iran’s foreign minister told The Jerusalem Post that Tehran remained in close contact with intermediaries to discuss ideas for ensuring the implementation of an Iranian proposal aimed at ending the war, and Araghchi’s position said Tehran continued to give diplomacy a chance to succeed. Qatari mediators delivered a new draft deal to Iran aimed at ending the war with the US and Israel, and a senior Iranian official dismissed the proposals as “unacceptable” and not a legitimate offer.
The new draft was presented on Sunday and was under consideration by Tehran, with a response expected by the end of the week, and a seven-day timeline meant to address concerns of both Tehran and Washington was described. Qatari mediators presented Iran with the new draft on Sunday and Tehran was expected to send a response by the end of the week, while the timeline could begin early next week and several countries would act as guarantors.
Regional Talks and Stakes
Iran hosted a four-way dialogue on regional peace and security in Tehran, with Pakistan’s Chief of Defence Forces Field Marshal Syed Asim Munir, Saudi Defence Minister Prince Khalid bin Salman and Turkish intelligence chief Ibrahim Kalin travelling to meet Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian and Supreme National Security Council Secretary Major General Mohsen Rezaei. A brief readout called it a joint statement issued by the Iranian side after the meeting, and the four countries agreed to continue dialogue aimed at strengthening cooperation among regional states, including on peace and security. The statement did not announce any new security agreement, ceasefire or specific understanding on Yemen or the wider Iran-US confrontation, but it described the decision to maintain the four-way channel as bringing Iran into direct consultations with the three countries that signed the Makkah Joint Defence Agreement in August.
Shafaq News said the United States and Israel were preparing for a possible week-long military campaign against Iran after the November 3 US midterm elections, even as regional mediators intensified efforts to prevent renewed fighting. Shafaq News reported that Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi reaffirmed Tehran’s commitment to diplomacy and said the country remained in close contact with mediators over its proposed seven-day plan to end hostilities and reopen the Strait of Hormuz, while it added that he said Tehran was discussing proposals with mediators that could allow the plan to be implemented in less than a week.