Opening the Strait of Hormuz in exchange for lifting the blockade: what is known about the conditions Iran conveyed through Pakistan its willingness to open the Strait of Hormuz subject to the end of the American naval blockade. Iran's ambassador to Islamabad, Reza Amiri Mojadam, announced this on October 24, AP reports. According to the diplomat, the proposal was discussed during the visits of Pakistan's army chief, Asim Munir, to Tehran. Mujadam claims that Donald Trump rejected this initiative, and insisted on maintaining the blockade on Iran's ports. However, today there were reports of a refutation of the new initiative. As the Times of India writes with reference to Tasnim and Press TV, Tehran did not convey to the Pakistani mediators a new proposal to replace the opening of the strait with the lifting of the blockade. Tasnim sources called the relevant publications "lies and fiction". At the same time, the previously proposed Iranian plan remains in effect. On October 18, Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi said that the proposal to return the shipment within seven days remains in place, and the comments from the American side are being considered. Thus, the rebuttal concerns the reports on the new proposal, and not the discussion of the conditions for opening Hormuz itself. Tehran's conditions in the past included not only the end of the naval blockade, but also the lifting of restrictions on the sale of Iranian oil, as well as ensuring a cease-fire that would extend to Lebanon. Therefore, it would be inaccurate to reduce the negotiations to a simple "strait in exchange for a blockade" formula: the Iranian side ties the resumption of shipping to a wider package of agreements. Vestnik Caucasus.