Iran says it has sent Washington seven conditions for ending the war and is waiting for an answer.
Iran's state news agency IRNA said late Sunday, Sept. 27, that the country's delegation in New York "has no plans for negotiations with the United States." IRNA cited one unnamed "source close to the delegation," not the foreign ministry. The same report said Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi would fly home Tuesday, Sept. 29. A day earlier, Donald Trump had said he expected talks to resume this week.
Tehran. IRNA says Iran's terms, seven conditions for ending the war, were passed to Washington "via a Qatari mediator," and Iran is waiting for an answer.
Washington. Trump says the US will "win" the war "very soon." Mediators are still working on a deal. ([TS]for scale, the war's now in its eighth month, since the February US-Israeli strikes)
Where it stands. Araghchi was still in New York on Monday, Sept. 28, meeting Qatari mediators on a revised version of Iran's seven-day plan to reopen the Strait of Hormuz (the narrow sea lane out of the Persian Gulf), per Reuters. The Wall Street Journal has reported that Trump sees renewed bombing as likely after November.
Catch up
- June 17 — The US and Iran signed a memorandum of understanding, brokered by Pakistan with Qatar as a guarantor, to halt the war and reopen the Strait of Hormuz.
- June 29 — 63 of the 88 clerics on the Assembly of Experts (the body that picks the Supreme Leader) urged negotiators to hold to the previous Supreme Leader's "red lines."
- July 8 — The memorandum collapsed when Iran fired on commercial ships in Hormuz.
- Sept. 23 — Araghchi met Trump envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner in New York through Qatari, Pakistani and Egyptian mediators, the first indirect talks in months.
- Sept. 26 — Trump rejected Iran's seven-day plan, which offered to reopen Hormuz within a week of a US deal. US Ambassador to the UN Mike Waltz said Iran wanted sanctions relief and frozen assets up front.
25 earlier issues
- Trump Threatens to Bomb Iranian Bridges and Power Plants for Every Ship Hit in Strait of Hormuz
- Iran fires multiple ballistic missiles at U.S. base in Jordan; all are intercepted
- Iran denies Trump’s claim that new U.S. talks would start Monday
- Cargo ship is struck in the Strait of Hormuz
- Vance says the Iran talks are moving, then calls the war only half over
- Iran won't reopen Hormuz until the US unfreezes its assets and lifts the blockade
- Trump threatens to bomb Oman, the U.S. ally brokering the deal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz
- Trump declares an "economic D-Day" on Iran as Hormuz traffic runs 85% below normal
- UpdateU.S. goes nearly a month without large Iran strikes as Trump shifts back to sanctions; Hormuz remains closed
- U.S. destroys two Iranian rocket launchers loaded to mine the Strait of Hormuz; Iran fires eight missiles at bases in Jordan, all intercepted
- UpdateU.S. bombs two Iranian rocket sites near the Strait of Hormuz; Iran fires eight missiles at Jordan
- UpdateU.S. forces struck IRGC air-defense, radar, maritime and mine-laying sites on Iran's southern coast starting at noon on Sept. 1
- UpdateU.S. hits about 100 Iranian targets; Iran fires back at American bases in four countries, and a cruise missile kills 4 at a wedding
- Reuters weapons experts say a US munition made a direct hit on the Iranian wedding house that killed 5
- US destroys or disables 3 Iranian oil tankers after Iran fired ballistic missiles at a US carrier and destroyer
- UpdateIran says it hit an unmanned US vessel a day after the tanker strikes; Central Command calls the claim "a total lie"
- UpdateIran says it will declare a restricted zone near the Strait of Hormuz and will strike threats "even before" they are carried out
- Iran says it seized a US sea drone in Hormuz; CENTCOM says it malfunctioned a day earlier
- UpdateIran fires 20 missiles at a US base in Jordan; Jordan says it intercepted 18
- UpdateNavy plans to keep 2 carrier groups near Iran at least through 2026
- UpdateUnidentified projectile hits Iranian container ship off Hengam Island, killing 1 and wounding 4
- UpdateOil's chokepoint shifts to refineries and tankers as JPMorgan drops its baseline oil forecast
- UpdateIran offers to reopen the Strait of Hormuz if the U.S. lifts its naval blockade as traffic falls to two ships
- Iran proposes seven-day ceasefire plan to reopen Strait of Hormuz and revive nuclear talks
- UpdateTrump rejects Iran's offer to reopen the Strait of Hormuz within seven days in exchange for ending the U.S. blockade
Why the 'no plans' line may not be Tehran's final word
- IRNA's report rests on one anonymous "source close to the delegation," not the foreign ministry or Iran's Supreme National Security Council (the top body for defense and foreign policy).
- Reuters reports real power sits with the Revolutionary Guard (Iran's elite military force) and the security council. The current Supreme Leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, is badly injured and has not appeared in public.