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Iran links two-day Hormuz reopening to immediate US sanctions relief

BBC News examines Tehran's conditional proposal as Trump keeps further military action on the table ahead of the US midterms.

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Strait of Hormuz could reopen within two days if the US agrees to demands, Iran says | BBC News

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1:05Iran says reopening Hormuz within two days depends on the US first meeting conditions, including immediate sanctions relief.
2:10Jiyar Gol examines Iran's terms and indirect diplomatic efforts involving mediators in Qatar.
4:35Trump's campaign remarks leave further military action against Iran open.
7:44Hugo Bachega covers Netanyahu's call with Trump and reports of Israeli pressure for renewed strikes.
10:44Panorama director Geshbeen Mohammad explains the documentary's testimony and precautions taken to protect contributors.

Iran says it could reopen the Strait of Hormuz within two days, but only if the United States first meets its conditions, including sanctions relief at the start of the process, BBC News reports.

The timetable is a conditional offer, not an announced reopening. In a briefing featured in the broadcast, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmail Baghaei sets out Tehran's position. BBC Persian correspondent Jiyar Gol examines the terms and describes continuing indirect diplomatic efforts involving mediators in Qatar.

The strait connects the Persian Gulf with the Gulf of Oman, making access through it consequential far beyond the countries negotiating its reopening.

The BBC's broadcast places the proposal alongside Donald Trump's campaign remarks before the US midterm elections. The president says the war will soon be over, while leaving renewed military action open. In rally footage, he says: "And the only reason we've not finished with Iran is I want to be nice."

White House reporter Bernd Debusmann examines administration perspectives and military readiness. From Jerusalem, Hugo Bachega covers a Netanyahu-Trump phone call and reports that the Israeli prime minister pressed for renewed strikes.

The programme also turns from diplomacy to personal testimony. Presenter Maryam Moshiri interviews Geshbeen Mohammad, director of Panorama's "Iran: The People's Story", about filming accounts from a bereaved mother and an anonymous medic, and the security precautions used to protect contributors.

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