Iran said on 12 October that it would reply to the United States’ response to its Hormuz proposal once its review was complete, Reuters reported. The statement followed an earlier Iranian assessment that the American response was insufficient.
The successive statements described stages in a negotiation over a strategically important shipping route. They did not establish that the two governments had accepted common terms or agreed on how any arrangement would operate.
This brief records the foreign ministry’s position at that stage of the talks. An exchange of proposals is distinct from an implemented agreement, and the report did not confirm that the strait had reopened.