Iran offers to reopen Strait of Hormuz if U.S. lifts naval blockade, ends war

28 APRIL 2026

Iran has offered to end its chokehold on the Strait of Hormuz if the U.S. lifts its blockade on the country and ends the war in a proposal that would postpone discussions on the Islamic Republic’s nuclear programme.
Mr. Trump has said one of the major reasons he went to war was to deny Iran the ability to develop nuclear weapons.
The offer emerged as Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi visited Russia and met President Vladimir Putin.
Iran’s ability to choke off traffic in the Strait of Hormuz, the narrow mouth of the Persian Gulf, has proved one of its biggest strategic advantages in a war that has often boiled down to which side can take more pain.
The Iranian Foreign Minister, Mr. Araghchi made two stops in Pakistan and a visit to Oman, which shares the strait with Iran.
Iran wants to persuade Oman to back a mechanism to collect tolls from vessels passing through the strait.