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Iran Floats Hormuz Reopening for End to U.S. Blockade as Trump Halts Pakistan Talks

The offer collides with U.S. insistence on immediate nuclear limits.

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Backdropped by ships in the Strait of Hormuz, damage, according to local witnesses caused by several recent airstrikes during the U.S.-Israel military campaign, is seen on a fishing pier in the port of Qeshm island, Iran, Monday, April 13, 2026. (AP Photo/Asghar Besharati)

Overview

  • Iran's proposal, disclosed Monday by regional officials, ties reopening the Strait of Hormuz to lifting the U.S. blockade and ending the war.
  • President Trump canceled an envoy trip to Islamabad after rejecting the offer and said Tehran sent a “much better” revision minutes later.
  • Pakistan's push has moved to remote talks as Iran's Abbas Araghchi visited Oman and met Vladimir Putin in St. Petersburg.
  • The Strait of Hormuz carries about one-fifth of traded oil, yet recent counts show only about seven daily passages and CENTCOM says it has redirected 37 ships since April 13.
  • A shaky truce is fraying with fresh Israel–Hezbollah strikes that killed 14 in Lebanon on Sunday, while three U.S. carrier groups reinforce the region.