Araghchi: Iran still waiting for official US response to Strait of Hormuz deal

Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said on Sunday that Tehran had seen an initial reaction from US President Donald Trump to its proposal but had yet to receive a response through mediators.

Iran was waiting for the mediators to convey the definitive US position and would make a decision based on it, Araghchi added.

Iran raised the initiative at the UN General Assembly in New York, saying it had been transmitted to the Americans via Qatari mediators and that it could reopen the strategic waterway and put an end to hostilities in the region within seven days.

But in comments to reporters at the White House, Trump said: “I reject their proposal. … I rejected their deal.

“They want to make a deal to open the Hormuz Strait immediately because they’re losing so badly,” he said before leaving for Tennessee. “We’re winning tremendously.”

Jerusalem Post Staff contributed to this report.