Iran announced on Wednesday that it received an official response from the United States to its latest proposal for renewing a ceasefire in the Persian Gulf, days after President Donald Trump publicly stated he had rejected Tehran’s terms. Reuters reported that Qatari mediators relayed the American response to Iranian authorities.
1+The Iranian proposal, submitted last week, outlined a reciprocal framework under which the United States would lift its naval blockade on Iranian ports, in exchange for Iran reopening the strategic Strait of Hormuz within seven days to restore unimpeded maritime commercial traffic.
Although President Trump remarked on Sunday that he had dismissed the terms, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi maintained that Tehran had received no formal diplomatic rejection. The Iranian government confirmed Wednesday that Araghchi delivered Washington’s formal response—conveyed through Doha—directly to cabinet ministers.
1+According to the report, a source familiar with the negotiations said both sides broadly agree on the practical measures needed to settle, but remain divided over the sequence of execution—specifically, which party must enact its commitments first. The exchange follows indirect talks held last week in New York between American and Iranian delegations mediated by Qatari diplomats on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly.
The diplomatic maneuvering unfolds as the United States finalized the full withdrawal of its military forces from its remaining operational bases in Iraq, concluding over two decades of combat presence in the country. In Tehran and among its aligned Shiite terror militias, the American departure has been aggressively promoted as a victory for the Iranian-led “Axis of Resistance” and a major milestone toward expelling American military assets from the region.