Iran's Foreign Minister Unveils 'Two-Day Plan'; US Must Fulfill Commitments to Restart Iran-US Negotiations

According to CCTV News, local time on November 1, Iranian Foreign Minister Al-Araghchi stated in a media interview that the Iranian delegation’s visit to Qatar is a continuation of ongoing communications between Iran and mediators including Qatar and Pakistan. The plan currently on the table is largely identical to Iran’s previously proposed “Seven-Day Plan”. Mediators such as Qatar and Pakistan have held multiple consultations and discussions on the plan, putting forward proposals that are more feasible and operational than Iran’s “Seven-Day Plan”. Al-Araghchi noted that one of Qatar’s proposals is “shortening the seven-day deadline to five days or even shorter”. Currently, Iran has agreed to a “Two-Day Plan”: On the first day, the US will take a series of compliance measures; on the second day, the Strait of Hormuz will open, and strait traffic will return to its previous state. Al-Araghchi pointed out that all these issues are now on the table. As long as the US adheres to Iran’s two-day plan, it will pave the way for peace and restore normalcy to the Strait of Hormuz. Only after the US fulfills its relevant commitments and the Strait of Hormuz opens will the path for resuming negotiations between Iran and the US be opened. It is understood that the conditions Iran has set for the US to fulfill its commitments include: determining new navigation routes for the Strait of Hormuz, unfreezing Iranian funds, ending regional wars including that in Lebanon, lifting maritime blockades, granting exemptions for Iran’s oil exports, and removing new sanctions imposed by the US after the Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding.