White House Cites "Positive" Talks Through Mediators as Tehran Awaits Washington's Reply to Its Seven-Day Plan

According to Al Jazeera, in a report published early on Saturday, 4 Mehr 1405 (September 26, 2026), Iran has formally delivered its seven-day plan to end the war to Washington through Qatar and is now awaiting a US response. A White House official told CNN the Trump administration was having "positive and constructive discussions through the mediators," and US State Department spokesman Tommy Pigott told Al Jazeera the door to diplomacy with Iran has been open from the start. Qatar also said its foreign minister spoke with Masoud Pezeshkian on Friday, September 25, about de-escalation and the conditions for renewed dialogue.

Under the plan, the US would lift its naval blockade of Iranian ports, waive sanctions on Iranian oil sales, release an estimated $12 billion in frozen Iranian assets and observe a regional ceasefire including Lebanon and Yemen; in return, Iran would reopen the Strait of Hormuz on day six, and nuclear talks would begin on day seven.

US Central Command (CENTCOM) has said, according to Al Jazeera, that it has redirected 122 commercial vessels so far to enforce the blockade against Iran.