Iran says it offered seven-day plan to reopen Strait of Hormuz

Iran says it has offered the United States a seven-day plan that could reopen the Strait of Hormuz and restore normal maritime passage, as efforts to resolve the conflict remain at a stalemate. Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi announced the proposal on Friday at the United Nations. He said Iran had conveyed a concrete plan through Qatar and that the waterway could reopen within seven days if the necessary conditions were fulfilled.

Araghchi said the decision now rested with Washington. He added that Iran would not accept coercion or threats and would not surrender what he described as its sovereign rights under pressure. Within hours, The Wall Street Journal reported that US President Donald Trump had rejected the proposal, citing US officials familiar with the matter.

According to that report, Trump doubted that Tehran would meet his demands and viewed a renewed bombing campaign as likely. The source material says earlier media reports described the plan as calling for a seven-day cessation of hostilities across the Middle East, including Lebanon. It reportedly also sought the release of at least $12bn in frozen Iranian assets, the lifting of sanctions on Iranian oil and an end to the US naval blockade of Iran.

Under the reported terms, Iran would reopen Hormuz on the seventh day of the truce. Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said the ceasefire process would begin on the day the United States accepted the proposal. The waterway is central to the dispute because of its importance to global oil supplies.

The source says a previous memorandum of understanding signed in June aimed to end the war, reopen the strait and begin nuclear talks, but that arrangement later broke down after Iran fired on commercial ships it accused of leaving an approved route.