Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said Tehran wants to reach an agreement with the United States before Americans vote in the November midterm elections.
Speaking to reporters on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly, Pezeshkian said Iran hopes Washington will return to the memorandum of understanding reached earlier this year. The agreement outlined a temporary ceasefire but later collapsed.
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said Tehran has also presented a new proposal to U.S. officials through mediators. Under the plan, Iran could reopen the Strait of Hormuz and restart negotiations within seven days if certain conditions are met.
According to Araghchi, those conditions largely reflect the previous agreement and include U.S. acceptance of a maritime transit route through the Strait negotiated between Iran and Oman.
President Donald Trump said earlier this week that he believed Iran might wait until after the midterm elections before reaching an agreement, arguing that Tehran wants to see how Republicans perform in November.
Pezeshkian also said Iran remains open to inspections of its nuclear facilities, while maintaining that the country's nuclear program is intended for civilian purposes. He additionally denied that the Iranian government is seeking to assassinate Trump or members of his family.
The renewed diplomatic signals come amid an ongoing conflict that has disrupted traffic through the Strait of Hormuz, a major route for global oil shipments, increasing economic pressure surrounding the negotiations.