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.
\n\n“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.
\n\nThe Wall Street Journal first reported that Trump had rejected Iran’s offer to revive a ceasefire and reopen the Strait of Hormuz.
\n\nIranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi had said Friday that the choice “rests with the United States.”
\n\n“If the necessary conditions are met, the strait can be reopened and normal maritime passage restored within seven days,” Araghchi told reporters.
\n\nHe 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.”
\n\nIran offers new proposal to reopen Strait of Hormuz
\n\nAraghchi 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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