US President Donald Trump Dismisses Iran's Seven-Day Plan to Reopen Strait of Hormuz

United States President Donald Trump has officially rejected a proposed roadmap submitted by Iran aimed at reopening the Strait of Hormuz within a week. Speaking to reporters outside the White House on Saturday before departing for Tennessee by helicopter, President Trump stated clearly, “I reject their proposal.”

The Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi announced on Friday that Tehran had formally delivered the seven-day roadmap to the US through the mediator Qatar, while awaiting a response from Washington. Al Jazeera’s Mike Hanna, reporting from Washington, DC, noted that the proposal appeared "dead in the water."

Late Friday reports from US media suggested President Trump would decline the offer. According to The Wall Street Journal, citing unnamed US officials, President Trump remained skeptical that Tehran would fulfill his demands and reportedly indicated to aides that he anticipates a renewed bombing campaign against Iran following the US midterm elections in November.

“President Trump has vacillated between extreme optimism, saying that ‘talks are going well’ to ‘I want to annihilate Iran’,” Hanna reported regarding the shifting diplomatic stance. Despite American public concern over the conflict evolving into a permanent war, Hanna added that the president remains comfortable maintaining the current status of limbo.

The Strait of Hormuz remains a critical artery for global oil supplies and is at the heart of the ongoing seven-month impasse between the US and Iran, despite recent mediation efforts. Earlier in the week, Abbas Araghchi engaged in discussions with President Trump’s envoy Steve Witkoff to establish conditions for resolving the conflict and restoring maritime traffic.

During the United Nations General Assembly in New York, Abbas Araghchi outlined the terms of the concrete plan: Washington would lift its naval blockade on Iranian ports, waive sanctions on Iranian oil sales, release approximately $12bn in frozen Iranian assets, and observe a regional ceasefire encompassing Lebanon and Yemen. "The choice now rests with the United States," the top Iranian diplomat declared.

Meanwhile, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian informed Al Jazeera in New York that Tehran has lost faith in negotiations with the US due to previous diplomatic efforts being followed by further attacks and sanctions. President Pezeshkian denied that Iran was responsible for blocking the Strait of Hormuz, asserting that the US closed the routes first, and maintained that the crisis could ultimately be resolved through diplomatic means.