Iran says it has put forward a plan to the United States to reopen the Strait of Hormuz within seven days, as Qatar passes messages between the two countries at the United Nations General Assembly in New York.Speaking on the sidelines on Thursday, Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said the timetable could begin as soon as Washington accepted the proposal.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemslist 1 of 4Pope Leo heads to France amid assisted dying, abuse debateslist 2 of 4Mamdani plants olive tree with Gaza familieslist 3 of 4Saudi Arabia allies line up support as Houthi attacks mountlist 4 of 4Nepal PM says global order is broken in fighting climate crisisend of listBoth sides have described the indirect contact facilitated by Qatar in New York positively, but neither has indicated any diplomatic breakthrough as the war approaches its seven-month mark.Analysts have told Al Jazeera a firm peace deal remains unlikely, with Iran still wanting to follow the approach set out in an earlier agreement, which would give it and Oman a main role in managing the strait before moving on to discussing terms for a broader peace deal.For its part, the US, which has claimed to be “in total contro...

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