Iran’s foreign minister has held indirect talks with the U.S. on a diplomatic proposal to end seven months of fighting. On Monday, Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said he’d discussed a plan with Qatari mediators that would see a phased reopening of the Strait of Hormuz within seven days, in exchange for an end to all hostilities in Iran and Lebanon, the lifting of the U.S. naval blockade of Iran, the unfreezing of billions of dollars’ worth of Iranian assets and an end to sanctions on Iranian oil.

The indirect talks came as Iran defended its strikes on U.S. bases across the Mideast as self-defense, warning neighboring countries would come under further attack if they continue to host U.S. forces. Iranian diplomat Nasser Assadi Nazari delivered the warning in an address to the U.N. General Assembly Monday.

Nasser Assadi Nazari: “The missiles that killed 168 children at the primary school in Minab and struck the Lamerd sports complex during the U.S.-Israel regime’s joint aggression against Iran were launched from neighboring territory. … These are only two of many such examples.”