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A timeline of public reporting shows that U.S. feedback was delivered, but acceptance, sequencing and an actual resumption of passage were not verified.
Information cutoff: 2026-09-30 22:25 KST
Prepared: 2026-09-30 22:37 KST
AI-assisted public-source analysis · Private draft · Awaiting human editorial review
Timeline from public reporting. Receipt of feedback does not establish acceptance or actual reopening.
뉴스1 (Naver News), citing IRNA · 이란, 7일 신뢰구축안 美답변 받아…호르무즈 협상 분수령(종합) · Reuters, republished with Reuters byline by Arab News · Iran receives US feedback on seven-day trust-building plan, official says · Associated Press · Iran proposes a deal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz in 7 days if the US meets its conditions
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At a glance
- Iran said it received a U.S.
response, but the reviewed public reports contain neither the response text nor a signed agreement. - The seven days were the timetable of an Iranian proposal that would begin after U.S.
acceptance of its conditions. - As of September 30, Reuters still described Qatar as shuttling messages in an effort to reopen the strait.
September 25: a conditional seven-day proposal
According to AP, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said at the United Nations that a seven-day timetable could begin if the United States accepted conditions including lifting the naval blockade of Iranian ports, waiving sanctions on Iranian oil sales and observing a ceasefire that included Lebanon.
He said initial steps would take four to five days, the strait would open on day six, and final talks would begin on day seven.
The phrase ‘reopen in seven days’ was therefore a proposed timetable contingent on U.S.
acceptance, not a clock already running.
September 30: receipt of feedback was announced, but its content was not public
News1, citing IRNA, reported that an Iranian government spokesperson said Araghchi had reported the U.S.
proposal to President Masoud Pezeshkian at a cabinet meeting.
The same report said the details of the U.S.
response were not explained.
This supports the fact that Iran announced receipt of a response; it does not by itself verify that either side signed a document or accepted the terms.
Evidence: 뉴스1 (Naver News), citing IRNA · 이란, 7일 신뢰구축안 美답변 받아…호르무즈 협상 분수령(종합)
Independent reporting identifies sequencing as the dispute
Reuters, citing an official briefed on the talks, reported that Araghchi received U.S.
feedback from Qatari mediators in Doha and would discuss it in Tehran.
The official said the main disagreement in the trust-building plan was sequencing, as the parties sought to return to an enhanced version of a June memorandum of understanding.
That means the order of steps remained unresolved after the feedback was delivered, and its final terms were not public.
Separating the verified process from the unverified outcome
Public-source analysis
Placed in order, the public record shows: Iran publicized a conditional seven-day proposal; U.S.
feedback was conveyed through Qatari mediation; and sequencing remained under discussion.
AP reported that the proposal starts with U.S.
acceptance, while Reuters on September 30 described Qatar in the present tense as shuttling messages to end the conflict and reopen the strait.
The sources reviewed here do not support saying that an actual reopening had been completed by that point.
Evidence: Reuters, republished with Reuters byline by Arab News · Iran receives US feedback on seven-day trust-building plan, official says · Associated Press · Iran proposes a deal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz in 7 days if the US meets its conditions
What remains to be confirmed
Limits of verification
The text of the U.S.
feedback, which side would take which step first, and formal U.S.
acceptance were not verified in the core public material.
I also attempted to open the IRNA original directly, but it supplied only a transfer screen, so the Iranian spokesperson’s statement is used only within the scope of the discovery article’s IRNA attribution.
Any later actual reopening requires separate confirmation through an official announcement or independent shipping data.
Evidence: 뉴스1 (Naver News), citing IRNA · 이란, 7일 신뢰구축안 美답변 받아…호르무즈 협상 분수령(종합) · Reuters, republished with Reuters byline by Arab News · Iran receives US feedback on seven-day trust-building plan, official says · Associated Press · Iran proposes a deal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz in 7 days if the US meets its conditions
Sources and references
News reports
- 뉴스1 (Naver News), citing IRNA · 이란, 7일 신뢰구축안 美답변 받아…호르무즈 협상 분수령(종합)
2026-09-30 - Reuters, republished with Reuters byline by Arab News · Iran receives US feedback on seven-day trust-building plan, official says
2026-09-30 09:24 (timezone not stated on inspected republish) - Associated Press · Iran proposes a deal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz in 7 days if the US meets its conditions
2026-09-25 21:21 UTC (AP updated time; 2026-09-26 06:21 KST)