Iran is seeking to compress its proposed timetable for ending the regional conflict from seven days to four, Al Arabiya English reported on 29 October, citing sources. Under the revised timetable, Iran would reopen the Strait of Hormuz and the United States would lift its naval blockade on Iranian ports. The nuclear file would also be folded in, including inspectors returning to Iranian sites. Mediators are reported to be discussing a meeting in Türkiye before 4 November. This is a sourced report, not a confirmed agreement.

What Tehran itself has said

Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said on Wednesday that Tehran remained in close contact with mediators and was examining ways to implement its plan "in even less than a week". The original plan, carried to Washington through Qatari mediators, set out seven days of steps: five days of US measures — ending hostilities, lifting the naval blockade on Iranian ports, easing oil-export curbs and releasing frozen assets — then Iran reopening the strait on day six and wider talks resuming on day seven. Qatar has led the mediation, backed by Saudi Arabia, Türkiye, Pakistan and Egypt.

The gap that remains

The reported acceleration follows a senior Iranian official describing a new Qatari draft as "unacceptable ideas and not an offer" — a development already covered on the site. Washington's reported position is that nuclear talks must come first, with sanctions relief only after progress — the reverse of Tehran's sequencing. President Donald Trump on Wednesday denied reports he had told Vice President JD Vance to start peace talks, saying the contact concerned medical supplies. Until one side accepts a timetable in public, the four-day version remains a reported proposal.

Sources: Al Arabiya English via Eastora, Aju Press, Reuters via BusinessWorld.