Iran Awaits 'US Step' After Reports of Trump Rejecting 'Seven Days' Proposal

Iran is waiting today, Saturday, for an official response from the United States regarding its proposal to reopen the "Hormuz" Strait and put an end to the fighting in the ongoing war in the Middle East. This comes after The Wall Street Journal reported that US President Donald Trump rejected the "Seven Days" proposal.

Iran presented this diplomatic initiative at the UN General Assembly in New York, stating that it had been submitted to the American side through Qatari intermediaries and would lead to the reopening of the "Hormuz" Strait and the cessation of hostilities in the region within 7 days.

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi told journalists at the UN on Friday that the agreement would trigger a 7-day countdown to reopen the strait and stop the fighting in the region.

Araghchi said: "If there is seriousness from the American side to reach an agreement and reopen the Strait of Hormuz, everything is ready now."

He added that if the United States agrees, the warring parties could begin broader talks "on mutually agreed issues." This could include discussions about Iran's nuclear program.

Trump has pledged that Tehran will never obtain a nuclear bomb, while a senior Iranian official told Reuters that Iran would show no flexibility regarding its nuclear program even if the US accepted the peace deal.

The official added that Iran would not make any concessions regarding its rights, including uranium enrichment or shipping highly enriched uranium out of the country.

However, Iran has presented a plan that would halt hostilities on all fronts, including Lebanon.

Araghchi stated that the plan would, in turn, require the United States to lift the blockade imposed on Iranian ports, release frozen Iranian funds, and remove sanctions imposed on oil.

An American official, speaking on condition of anonymity, had earlier described the discussions taking place through intermediaries as "positive and constructive."

But The Wall Street Journal reported that Trump privately expressed doubts that Iran would meet his demands and told staff he believed renewed bombing was likely.

Previous diplomatic attempts to end the war, which erupted on February 28 with US and Israeli attacks on Iran, have failed.

Since then, the pace of the war has fluctuated between periods of calm and renewed strikes, resulting in thousands of deaths, while weakening Iranian forces and damaging the already struggling Iranian economy.