Tehran is holding intensive talks with mediators, foreign minister says

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Iran is holding intensive consultations through mediators, including Qatar and Pakistan, to reach a potential agreement to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and resume negotiations with the US, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi says, according to Reuters.

“If the US accepts our conditions, the Strait of Hormuz will be reopened and negotiations will be resumed”, Araghchi says in an interview with the official IRNA news agency.

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