DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Iran said Sunday that its offer to reopen the Strait of Hormuz within days remains on the table, even as a surge in attacks on commercial shipping, including mine strikes that have set tankers ablaze and sunk a container ship, has sharply reduced oil flows through the vital waterway.

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi told Iranian media that Tehran was still reviewing comments from the United States on its proposal but accused Washington of a lack of sincerity. Speaking in Baghdad, where he was attending a meeting of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, he said that if the U.S. were honest, "the way to reopening the Strait of Hormuz is obvious," according to Reuters.

Araghchi said that if Washington accepts Tehran's conditions, the strait could reopen within six days, with broader talks resuming the following day.

Iran presented its proposal in mid-September after an interim ceasefire collapsed. Tehran later acknowledged receiving a U.S. response, but Iran's security chief said last week that negotiations had stalled because Washington failed to address all seven of Iran's conditions for reopening the strait.

A central point of disagreement has been the United States' insistence on addressing Iran's nuclear program from the start. Vice President JD Vance has said Iran must make a meaningful reduction in its uranium enrichment.

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