Strait of Hormuz May Open Within a Month if Framework Deal Holds Maritime Activity Reports, Inc. May 27, 2026 © Adobe Stock/alones Tehran would restore  shipping  through the Strait of Hormuz to pre-war levels within a month in a framework deal with the U.S. to also include withdrawing U.S. forces from Iran's vicinity, Iranian state television reported on Wednesday. The report said the U.S. would end a naval blockade of Iranian  shipping , citing a memorandum of understanding being negotiated between the two sides to end the war which has choked global energy supplies through the strategic waterway. Iranian state TV said it had obtained an unofficial draft of the MOU though it was not final and may not be agreed. The U.S. denied the report, saying it was "complete fabrication" in a White House statement on social media. Iran's government did not comment. The issue of U.S. troops in the region also needs further discussion, the TV report said without being more specific. There was no mention of Iran's nuclear programme which the U.S. wants disbanded. The state TV report was the latest signal of possible progress towards a deal, although publicly Tehran and Washington have outlined positions starkly at odds and the potential terms outlined by the broadcaster did not appease all U.S. demands. U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Tuesday it may take a few more days, after President Donald Trump had raised hopes over the weekend for an imminent end to the war. Key sticking points have included reopening and management of the waterway through which a fifth of the world's oil and liquefied natural gas flowed before the conflict and the dismantling of Iran's nuclear capacity. Oil prices fell more than 5% on Wednesday after the Iranian TV report. It was not immediately clear what a U.S. military pullback as described by Iranian state television would look like. The U.S. military has some 15,000 troops currently enforcing a blockade of Iran and has thous