Iran Awaits US Response to Hormuz Proposal

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said Tehran had held fresh indirect discussions with the United States through Qatari mediators in New York and was waiting for a definitive response to Iran’s proposal linking the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz to specified conditions. President Donald Trump confirmed that US officials had spoken with mediators about Iran but gave no details. Araghchi said the latest exchanges included proposals from Qatar intended to narrow differences, which were being relayed to Washington. He said Iran had presented its conditions to the United States and other countries. The reports do not establish whether Washington has formally communicated a decision through the mediators. Accounts differ on whether the United States had already rejected the proposal. US Ambassador to the United Nations Mike Waltz said Washington had rejected it, while Araghchi said mediators had not formally conveyed a refusal and that Tehran was awaiting an answer. Trump had also said he rejected the proposal, according to one account, but later confirmed discussions with mediators without publicly detailing the status of the plan.