Iran expects US answer Tuesday on plan to reopen Hormuz, Araghchi says

• The answer concerns Tehran's proposal to open the Strait of Hormuz.
• Qatari intermediaries presented ideas and are to raise the matter with the US side again, he says.

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said he expected a formal answer on Tuesday from the United States to Tehran's proposal to open the Strait of Hormuz, state media reported.

Qatari intermediaries "presented ideas, and we discussed them; they are set to raise the matter with the American side once more, after which the final US response will be conveyed to us", Araghchi said late on Monday.

Iran's top diplomat, who is in New York for the UN General Assembly, said "the Qataris hope this will be done by tomorrow".

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