Tehran says it has given the United States five days to accept Iran’s conditions for reopening the Strait of Hormuz. Iran set out the position amid diplomatic contacts with the United States on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York.
Iran’s conditions were delivered to the United States during the UN meetings. According to Iranian officials, Tehran is ready to reopen the Strait of Hormuz if these conditions are met.
A senior Iranian official said earlier that the Strait of Hormuz could be reopened within a week if the United States eased military pressure and lifted its blockade of Iranian ports. Iran had also called on the United States first to declare formally its willingness to resolve the crisis diplomatically.
The conditions Iran has set out for reopening the strait include the immediate withdrawal of the US naval blockade, the release of Iran’s frozen assets and an end to the war in areas linked to what Iran calls the “resistance front”.
On September 23, Iran’s foreign minister Abbas Araghchi and US special envoy Steve Witkoff held talks in New York through mediators. Various reports said Jared Kushner was also involved. Iran said it did not put forward any new conditions at the meeting, but set out Tehran’s existing conditions to the United States.
The Strait of Hormuz is one of the world’s most important energy and trade shipping routes. A prolonged closure or restricted passage could affect international energy supplies, seaborne trade and import-dependent countries.
The issue matters particularly for Bangladesh. On September 23, on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly, Bangladesh’s prime minister Tarique Rahman raised concerns with Iran’s president Masoud Pezeshkian about the movement of Bangladeshi ships and containers and the country’s energy security because of the situation in the Strait of Hormuz. Bangladesh also sought Iran’s cooperation for the safe passage of Bangladeshi ships and containers through Hormuz.
Bangladesh has called for a swift diplomatic solution to the conflict in the Middle East and expressed interest in playing a constructive role for regional peace and stability while maintaining its neutral position.
The question of reopening the Strait of Hormuz is therefore no longer only a matter for Iran-US relations. It bears directly on international energy security, global trade, the safety of expatriate workers in the Middle East and the economic interests of import-dependent countries such as Bangladesh.
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