US President Donald Trump rejected Iran’s seven-day plan, delivered through Qatar, to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and resume nuclear talks. Tehran said the waterway could reopen within a week if Washington met the proposal’s conditions.
Under the proposal, the US would lift its naval blockade of Iranian ports, waive sanctions on Iranian oil sales and release an estimated $12bn in frozen Iranian assets. It also called for a regional ceasefire covering Lebanon and Yemen.
President Masoud Pezeshkian said Iran no longer trusted negotiations with the US, citing earlier talks followed by attacks and sanctions. He denied that Iran was responsible for blocking the strait, said the US had closed routes to Iran first, and said commercial shipping could resume if negotiations ended the war. The Wall Street Journal, citing unnamed US officials, reported that Trump privately doubted Tehran would meet his demands and had told aides he expected a renewed bombing campaign against Iran after the November US midterm elections.
