Iran Denies Report of Strait of Hormuz Proposal to US via Pakistan

The denial matters less as a factual correction than as a signal of how narrow the diplomatic space remains. Tasnim's sourcing is designed to foreclose a specific bargain narrative, which suggests the story was circulating in regional channels and needed public killing. For shipping and energy markets, the operative takeaway is that Hormuz risk is being framed by Tehran as conditional on a broader lifting of port and vessel disruptions, not a one-for-one swap. Whether any back-channel via Pakistan survives this public rebuke is the open question.