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- Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian offered to reopen the Strait of Hormuz if United States eases pressure and lifts its blockade.
- He said Iran would reopen the waterway within seven days of Washington taking initial steps to ease pressure.
- The proposal was delivered through mediators six days before the UN General Assembly session.
- Iran controls the Strait’s northern approaches, through which about one-fifth of global oil supplies normally pass.
