Iran offers to reopen Strait if US lifts blockade and war ends, officials say

Iran has offered to end the chokehold on the crucial waterway if America ends its blockade (Meysam Mirzadeh/Tasnim News Agency via AP)

Mon, 27 Apr, 2026 - 17:29

Samy Magdy, Jon Gambrell and Elena Becatoros, Associated Press

Iran has offered to end its chokehold on the Strait of Hormuz if the US lifts its blockade on the country and ends the war in a proposal that would postpone discussions on the Islamic Republic’s nuclear programme, two regional officials said.

US President Donald Trump seems unlikely to accept the offer, which was passed to the Americans by Pakistan and would leave unresolved the disagreements that led the US and Israel to go to war on February 28.