Iran says mediators discuss shortening Hormuz opening plan

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said Iran is in constant contact with mediators about implementing its seven day plan to open the Strait of Hormuz in less than a week, according to RIA Novosti.

Why it matters: Hormuz shipping is close to a standstill and the United States told ships today to avoid unnecessary transits, so any shortening of Tehran's opening timetable would matter for oil flows, but the claim is uncorroborated and RIA reports President Trump already rejected the plan.

Data as of RIA Novosti report of October 28, 2026, in Russian, read in translation in this run, quoting Araghchi's post on X. Single source: RIA is a Russian state news agency and Araghchi is a party to the conflict, the mediators are not named, and no independent outlet had corroborated the talks at this update. Evidence grade C. Developing item.

Iran is discussing with mediators how its seven day plan to open the Strait of Hormuz could be carried out in even less than a week, Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said in a post on X quoted by RIA Novosti, adding that Iran continues to “give diplomacy a chance to succeed.” The mediators were not named.

The plan, as Iran’s Foreign Ministry described it earlier, offers to open the strait over seven days in exchange for lifting the naval blockade and restrictions on Iranian exports, and Tehran restated on October 18 that the offer still stood. RIA reports that President Donald Trump rejected the proposal. Shipping through the strait has close to stopped, and the United States advised ships today to avoid unnecessary Hormuz transits.

Iran says mediators discuss shortening Hormuz opening plan

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