China urges Iran, US to reopen Strait of Hormuz amid regional tensions
Foreign Minister Wang Yi calls for restraint and dialogue as shipping through the critical waterway plummets.
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What to know
- Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi urged Iran and the US to exercise restraint and return to diplomatic talks on reopening the Strait of Hormuz during talks with Iranian counterpart Abbas Araghchi in Beijing on September 16.
- Shipping through the critical waterway has plummeted to four vessels per day, down from a pre-war average of 125 daily transits carrying a fifth of global crude oil and LNG supplies.
- China, one of Iran's largest economic partners, positioned itself as a mediator emphasizing dialogue and the preservation of a June 17 framework for Iran-US talks.
- The meeting occurred as regional tensions intensify and ahead of a scheduled US-China summit later in September between Presidents Trump and Xi Jinping.
“Beijing did not want to see regional tensions spill over further into Yemen and the Red Sea.”
Wang Yi, Chinese Foreign Minister · The National UAE ↗ · Sep 15
Wang Yi Chinese Foreign Minister
Abbas Araghchi Iranian Foreign MinisterChina Regional mediator and Iran's largest economic partnerIran Party to the blockade and conflictUnited States Party to the conflict and blockade
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China calls for rational approach and substantive consultations
Wang Yi urged Iran and the US to remain rational, exercise restraint, and engage in substantive consultations on issues of mutual concern. He also stated China did not want to see regional tensions spill over into Yemen and the Red Sea.
“China wants Iran and the US to remain rational, exercise restraint and return to talks.”
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19 outlets Iran reportedly says it can reopen Strait of Hormuz within 7 days if U.S. eases military pressure
first by CNBC, 6d ago · also IranWire, Iran International, The Guardian, Anadolu Agency, Jerusalem Post, Firstpost +12
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- Tehran Offers to Reopen Strait of Hormuz Within 7 Days if U.S. Eases Blockade IranWire · 6d ago
- Iran offers to reopen Hormuz within seven days if US eases pressure Iran International · 4d ago
- Middle East crisis live: Iran ready to reopen strait of Hormuz within seven days if US lifts blockade, official says The Guardian · 4d ago
- Iran offers to reopen Hormuz within 7 days if US takes initial steps to ease military pressure: Report Anadolu Agency · 4d ago
- Tehran says will open Hormuz if US lifts Iran blockade, eases military pressure The Jerusalem Post · 4d ago
- Iran offers to reopen Strait of Hormuz within 7 days, oil prices crash Firstpost · 4d ago
- Iran Ready To Open Hormuz In 7 Days If US Lifts Blockade, Rubio Open To Talks NDTV · 4d ago
- Iran offers to reopen Hormuz within seven days The Telegraph · 4d ago
- Iran ready to reopen Hormuz within 7 days, negotiate if US lifts blockade The Times of India · 4d ago
- Iran ready reopen Hormuz within 7 days, negotiate if the US lifts blockade Times of India · 4d ago
- Iran offers to reopen Strait of Hormuz 'within seven days' thenationalnews.com · 4d ago
- Iran ready to reopen Strait of Hormuz if US eases military pressure, lifts blockade Jerusalem Post · 4d ago
- Iran offers to reopen Strait of Hormuz if US ends blockade: ‘Golden opportunity’ New York Post · 4d ago
- Iran offers to reopen Hormuz strait within 7 days in push for diplomacy Kyodo News · 4d ago
- Iran ready to reopen Strait of Hormuz if US eases military pressure and lifts blockade Reuters · 4d ago
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first by The National UAE, 10d ago · also Middle East Eye, Times of India, Breitbart
4 more headlines
- Iran war latest: China urges reopening of Strait of Hormuz in talks with Iran's Araghchi The National UAE · 10d ago
- China urges Iran, US to resume talks and reopen Strait of Hormuz Middle East Eye · 10d ago
- ‘Exercise restraint’: China urges Iran, US to reopen Strait of Hormuz The Times of India · 10d ago
- Report: China Pushes Iran to Rein In Houthis, Reopen Strait of Hormuz Breitbart · 6d ago
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🇮🇷🇺🇸 Now we know what Iran put on the table. Iranian state television says Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi met Steve Witkoff in New York and laid out Tehran’s conditions for reopening the Strait of Hormuz. Among them: lift the U.S. naval blockade, release all frozen Iranian
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Iran Offers to Reopen Hormuz in 7 Days, Oil Slides Tehran told mediators it will reopen the Strait of Hormuz within a week if the US starts easing military pressure. Brent fell as traders priced in the offer. https:// pulseofnations.lol/iran-offers -to-reopen/ # Commodities # EnergyMarkets # Geopolitics # Iran # Oil # StraitOfHormuz
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Iran can reopen the Strait of Hormuz within 7 days if US eases military pressure & lifts its blockade on Iranian ports. "The US needs to announce that it wants to resolve the issue diplomatically, make that official, & then agree on a timeline for how the process will move forward." @reuters.com
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Wang Yi and Araghchi hold talks in Beijing on Strait of Hormuz — Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi hosted Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi for talks in the Chinese capital, discussing bilateral relations and regional issues.
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Strait of Hormuz shipping traffic plummets to critical lows — Only four vessels transited the Strait of Hormuz on Tuesday, September 15, down from seven the previous day and far below the 10-day average of 18. Before the war began on February 28, the strait typically handled about 125 large commercial vessels daily, carrying a fifth of global crude oil and LNG supplies.
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Araghchi and Wang meet at Brics summit in New Delhi — The two foreign ministers met on the sidelines of the Brics summit in New Delhi, the day before their Beijing meeting.
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Iran-US framework for further talks established — A framework for further talks between Iran and the US was established, described by Wang Yi as a valuable achievement resulting from mediation efforts.
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Wang Yi calls for complete cessation of hostilities in the Gulf — During a previous meeting in Beijing with Araghchi, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi called for a complete cessation of hostilities in the Gulf region.
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US and Israel launch strikes on Iran, triggering regional conflict — The US and Israel initiated military strikes on Iran, marking the beginning of the regional war that would eventually lead to the blockade of the Strait of Hormuz.
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first by Investing.com News, 3d ago · also Middle East Eye, Investing.com India
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- Iran submits conditions for reopening of Hormuz to US representative Middle East Eye · 3d ago
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first by Al-Monitor, 4d ago · also Straits Times
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What people are saying 21 voices from 3 sites · best of 26 · verbatim
- Sep 24
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I check the history and I check that the US lost the war to Vietnam and Afghanistan What is the asymmetric side of a conflict that the US fought, didn't win?
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There are plenty of examples where the asymmetric side of a conflict didn't win. This is not the gotcha you think it is, you just don't know much about history.
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Brent is more concern of global and also WTI rose to 90 which is like 33 higher than before? I check as it said it use be 60 before Iran war and now it 93? Even insulated like WTI can't prevent of price skyrocket in matter of months "a sustained period of 100 is not ideal but not catastrophic." that is even worse as even French just called G7…
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10% for IRGC and as long as the IRGC uses like 5 billion dollars to keep themselves insulated, the security apparatus, funding proxy, subsidized patronage, and weapons, yes that will do
- Sep 23
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Iranian officals also said that they smuggle 20 million litres out of border of their country so Iran doesn't just use strait
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I’m surprised they are doing this before the midterms, they must be REALLY hurting if they are negotiating a month out.
- Sep 22
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It was going up before the pipeline and red sea. Also the red sea is the result of the Iran war. No idea why you are trying to separate that out.
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Iranian FM Abbas Araghchi met with U.S. Special Envoy Steve Witkoff on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly following persistent U.S. requests, according to Iranian state broadcaster IRIB. Tehran reportedly laid out key conditions to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, demanding an
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I am hoping that this works but my hopes in the geopolitical realm rarely are what happens. I do think this is surprising considering the Houthi’s success but then again that could be them being used to tighten the screws on the US and gulf countries so that Iran now making this offer doesn’t seem like it is coming from a place of weakness or…
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Ukrainian strikes on refineries isn’t impacting the price as much as the cheetoh in chief wants you to think. He just wants to shift blame and completely absolve himself from any responsibility. His culpability is at the very least shared equally. Prices were already on the way up. Add to that the fact that three refineries in the USA closed last…
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Some version of this has been reported by numerous sources, it is emphatically not just the US military saying this.
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Now Iran knows that war is going to be a political third rail in the US for at least the next 20 years. Closing the strait was a card they could play once. Markets are racing full speed to adapt and Iran's leverage will never be as high as it was at the beginning of the war ever again. This article itself is evidence that even now, they realize…
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Right, but pre-war levels are not necessary to destroy Iran's leverage and keep a lid on oil markets.
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... because Israel told Trump that his proposal, which would be binding on Israel, was laughably unacceptable.
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This is only tracking vessels that transit with AIS on, anyone even remotely familiar with the situation understands that's not a meaningful way to understand real traffic flows.
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That's why you look at the chart, not at the news. When you see them buying, just buy along with them.
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GDP is a pretty bad metric to measure the economy. Most people are getting poorer every year.
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Iran offers to open Strait of Hormuz, say reports | How can it impact the Indian stock market, gold prices? Iran has offered to reopen the Strait of Hormuz if the US eases military pressure and lifts its… # EuropeSays # Headlines # News # Europe # Europa # EU # StraitofHormuz # Goldprices # Hormuz # Indianstockmarket # Indianstockmarketoutlook #…
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I don't think Democrats will just leave Hormuz to Iran, we all know this is a bad play for the world if Iran control the straight. Democrats have to say they want out, because it's election time. But as situation evolve they will change their actions.
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Their upper hand was fleeting and time weakened it dramatically, all they could weaponize was consumer demand by closing the strait. The US by blockading it is able to exert greater pressure.
- Sep 16
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China Calls on US, Iran To Resume Negotiations and Reopen Strait of Hormuz Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi called on Iran and the United States Wednesday to exercise restraint, revive negotiations… # EuropeSays # Headlines # News # Europe # Europa # EU # StraitofHormuz # Hormuz