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Iran says it would reopen the Strait of Hormuz within two days of the US meeting its demands, down from its earlier offer of seven days.

Getting into it: The comments were made by Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, who told Al Jazeera that Iran would reopen the strait two days after the US lifts its naval blockade on Iranian oil, lets Iran get its frozen money back and drops sanctions on its oil. The offer came as Qatari-mediated talks aimed at heading off a new round of war stretched into a third day Sunday, after Iranian and Qatari envoys spent more than 12 hours talking in Tehran on Friday before moving to Doha on Saturday.

Qatar is working to free up more than $6 billion in Iranian assets and coordinating regularly with Washington. Iran’s security chief, Mohsen Rezaei, said he noticed a “positive” change in tone in a letter Vice President JD Vance sent seeking to restart talks, but hasn’t answered it. He said Iran won’t discuss its nuclear program unless its demands are met, which also include ending the fighting in Lebanon, and said no decision has been made yet on whether Iran would drop its ban on nuclear weapons if fighting resumes, though it’s being debated.

Trump said Saturday the talks were going “fine” but that Iran isn’t “reliable,” and repeated that the US could take care of one or two remaining sites “in 10 minutes.”

Both sides are also preparing for war. Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei ordered Iran’s military Saturday to be ready to hit back immediately, with no geographic limits, and Iranian state TV showed missiles and drones being moved out of underground bunkers.

Iran has kept attacking ships in and around the strait that don’t coordinate with its new shipping authority, hitting at least four tankers Friday and Saturday, including a Qatari gas tanker that had been cleared by Tehran just hours earlier. A US Treasury report seen by Axios said Iran hasn’t loaded any new oil onto tankers since Aug. 25 and that inflation there neared 90% in September.

This all comes as Gulf countries brace for possible US strikes after Tuesday’s midterms, with a top UAE official saying the region is hoping for a breakthrough but is “braced for the worst.”