Trump Declines Iranian Offer to Reopen Strait of Hormuz

President Donald Trump told reporters as he left the White House on Saturday that the United States would not accept Iran's plan to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, describing the proposal as "not acceptable" without providing additional explanation.

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said Tehran had conveyed a "concrete seven-day plan" to the United States through Qatar, proposing that the strait could be reopened within a week if certain conditions were met. The proposal, presented at the United Nations General Assembly, also called for the resumption of U.S.–Iran negotiations.

The offer mirrors a memorandum of understanding reached in June, which temporarily halted hostilities and included U.S. sanctions relief in exchange for Iranian commitments not to pursue a nuclear weapon and to reopen the strait. That agreement later collapsed over disputes about its wording and control of the waterway, leading to renewed strikes.

Araghchi asserted that the actions required of the United States are already outlined in the earlier memorandum and should be straightforward to implement. Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian, speaking in a prerecorded interview, said Iran would honor its commitments, allow UN nuclear inspectors, and resume talks if the United States demonstrated it would not attempt to overthrow the Iranian government.

The Strait of Hormuz has been intermittently closed since a U.S. and Israeli attack on Iranian facilities on Feb. 28, disrupting global oil shipments.