Iran's Conditions for Reopening the Strait: Three Demands and Seven Days

Iran offered this week to reopen the strait and resume talks on its nuclear program in seven days, PBS NewsHour reports, on three conditions: the US lifts its naval blockade of Iranian ports, waives sanctions on Iranian oil sales, and observes a ceasefire that would include Lebanon. Note what is bundled together. Reopening the strait, restarting nuclear talks, the naval blockade, oil sanctions and a ceasefire reaching into Lebanon all sit in one offer, with a seven-day clock that starts only if the other side accepts the whole set. Whatever one makes of the terms, this is a negotiation built to be all or nothing.