Iran's security chief, Mohsen Rezaei, calls the U.S. reply to Tehran's plan to end the war and reopen the Strait of Hormuz insufficient and says Iran has stopped responding

Rezaei, head of Iran's Supreme National Security Council (the body that sets Iran's war and security policy), said Sunday, Oct. 11, that the U.S. had accepted some of Iran's conditions but had to clarify others, and that Tehran was no longer responding. The threat. If intense fighting resumes, Rezaei said, Iran could hit regional undersea cables, data centers, AI facilities and other sites. Still open. Rezaei did not say which conditions the U.S. accepted or which remain unclear.

What reopening the strait still requires after any deal:

• Shipowners' group BIMCO wants mine-free routes and safety assurances from both Iran and the U.S. before ships sail.
• War insurance is priced ship by ship; in August some stranded owners could not get adequate cover.
• After the short-lived June memorandum to end the war, BIMCO estimated shipping would take a couple of months to recover once safe passage was confirmed.