Trump Rejects Iran’s Seven-Day Hormuz Proposal

Iran says it offered the United States a seven-day roadmap to halt fighting, reopen the Strait of Hormuz and resume negotiations over its nuclear program. Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said the proposal, conveyed through intermediaries, calls for a regional ceasefire including in Lebanon, an end to the U.S. naval blockade of Iranian ports, relief from sanctions on Iranian oil and the release of frozen Iranian assets; Tehran says the strait would reopen after seven days. The plan revives a June understanding that collapsed amid renewed hostilities, with Qatar among the mediators. President Masoud Pezeshkian says Iran wants diplomacy but no longer trusts Washington, while U.S. officials dispute Iran’s account of the strait’s status. Reports say President Donald Trump rejected the proposal, leaving doubts about whether either side will meet the other’s conditions.