Trump says he has rejected Iranian proposal to reopen Strait of Hormuz

President Donald Trump said Saturday that he has rejected an Iranian proposal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, after Iranian officials indicated that shipping through the critical waterway could resume within days if a deal was sealed.

“I rejected the Iranian proposal,” Trump told reporters as he boarded Marine One on the White House lawn, after indirect talks between the two countries were held on the sidelines of this week’s United Nations General Assembly in New York.

The Wall Street Journal first reported that Trump had rejected Iran’s offer to revive a ceasefire and reopen the Strait of Hormuz.

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi had said Friday that the choice “rests with the United States.”

“If the necessary conditions are met, the strait can be reopened and normal maritime passage restored within seven days,” Araghchi told reporters.

He said a “concrete seven-day plan” that includes reopening the Strait had been conveyed to the U.S. through mediator Qatar and was ready to start “as soon as the United States accepts this plan.”

Iran offers new proposal to reopen Strait of Hormuz

Araghchi said the actions required of the U.S. in Iran’s proposal were commitments already agreed to in the June memorandum…

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