Iran's Foreign Minister Meets with U.S. Envoy in New York; Names Conditions for Opening Strait of Hormuz

Negotiations in New York lasted approximately three hours, according to the bakinski-rabochi report. Iran demanded the lifting of a maritime blockade and the unfreezing of assets as conditions for opening the Strait of Hormuz. The bakinski-rabochi article does not specify the exact nature of the blockade or the assets in question, while the libertatea report notes that the meeting was with Steve Witkoff, the U.S. special envoy for peace. Abbas Araghchi, Iran's Foreign Minister, met with Steve Witkoff in New York. The meeting was reported by libertatea, which stated that Araghchi informed Witkoff of Tehran's conditions for opening the Strait of Hormuz. The timing of the meeting, as reported by libertatea, was on Tuesday, September 23, 2026, slightly earlier than the bakinski-rabochi report's publication time. The two sources agree on the key points of the meeting: the involvement of Abbas Araghchi and Steve Witkoff, and the discussion of conditions for the Strait of Hormuz. However, the bakinski-rabochi report focuses on the duration of the negotiations and the specific demands, while the libertatea report emphasizes the diplomatic context and the nature of the conditions outlined by Iran.