Trump rejects Iran Hormuz proposal; US says Tehran not negotiating in good faith
President Trump rejected Iran’s UN-week plan to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, saying Iran “overplayed their hand.” UN ambassador Mike Waltz told CNN Iran sought sanctions relief “up front.” Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said conditions for reopening the strait remain and diplomacy is still an option; more talks are expected this week.
US President Donald Trump rejected Iran’s proposal, advanced around the UN General Assembly, to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, saying Tehran wanted a deal because it was “losing so badly,” while signalling talks could continue this week, The Guardian and market reports summarised.
US position
Trump told Axios he expected more talks but that Iran’s offer was “not the deal that I want to make” and that Iran had “overplayed their hand.” UN ambassador Mike Waltz told CNN’s State of the Union on Sunday that Iranian negotiators “were asking for everything up front with a promise that they would then talk,” including relief from “billions and billions of sanctions,” and that the president was “not confident that the Iranians are coming in good faith.” Waltz also pointed to what he said was Iran’s violation of a June memorandum of understanding in Pakistan by attacking international shipping.
Iran’s response
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said on social media that “any move toward reopening the strait of Hormuz is contingent on these conditions being met” and that “only a negotiated solution” could end the deadlock. On NBC’s Meet the Press he said Iran stood ready for diplomacy and was also “fully prepared for the war to be resumed.” Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian told CBS Face the Nation Iran was ready for talks on its nuclear programme but would not accept “bullying or coercion.” Markets reacted with oil rising as the stalemate persisted.
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