Iran has proposed a plan to the United States that includes reopening the Strait of Hormuz within a week.
US authorities have not officially reacted to this announcement, but the Wall Street Journal claims that Trump has refused.
The US president is also reportedly planning to resume airstrikes within a few weeks.
Iran proposed a plan to the United States to reopen the Strait of Hormuz within seven days, but the Wall Street Journal reports that President Trump rejected it, despite the lack of an official U.S. response as of Saturday.
“Iran has not walked away from the negotiating table,” Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian stated during a meeting with UN Secretary-General António Guterres.
“However, given past experiences, it no longer trusts the United States,” the Iranian presidency added.
Trump is considering resuming airstrikes in November.
On his Truth Social platform, the U.S. President posted a map showing the strategic Strait of Hormuz labeled “Trump Strait.”
This waterway, through which one-fifth of the world’s hydrocarbons used to transit, lies at the heart of the conflict sparked in late February by U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran.
Since then, the Islamic Republic has claimed control over the strait, while Washington has imposed a retaliatory blockade on Iranian ports.
After nearly seven months of war and stalled negotiations, Iran now considers that the choice of whether or not to accept its proposal “lies with Washington.”
The “seven-day timeframe” for reopening the maritime passage—currently blocked by Tehran—”will begin as soon as the United States accepts this plan,”
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi stated from New York. Citing U.S. officials, the Wall Street Journal reports that Donald Trump rejected the offer, deeming that Tehran would not meet his demands.
According to the newspaper, he is considering resuming strikes on Iran after the midterm elections in November.
The United States has already spent $38 billion to wage its war against Iran.
The Americans have not bombed Iranian soil since September 1, when a series of attacks left five people dead and dozens injured—notably at a wedding in the southeast of the country. Since that date, however, ships have been hit in the Strait of Hormuz.
