Iran has proposed a seven-day plan to reopen the strategic Strait of Hormuz, but US President Donald Trump has reportedly rejected the proposal, according to reports cited by Channels Television and AFP.

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said Tehran had conveyed the plan to Washington through Qatar, offering to restore normal maritime passage through the vital waterway within seven days if certain conditions were met.

“The choice now rests with the United States,” Araghchi said at the United Nations.

The Strait of Hormuz is a major global oil shipping route and has remained at the centre of the conflict between Iran and the United States, which has continued for nearly seven months.

What Iran’s plan includes

Earlier reports indicate that Tehran’s proposal would involve a seven-day cessation of hostilities across the Middle East, including Lebanon.

The reported conditions also include:

The release of at least $12 billion in frozen Iranian assets

The lifting of sanctions on Iranian oil

An end to the US naval blockade of Iran

An end to hostilities in Yemen

The reopening of the Strait of Hormuz on the seventh day.

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said the ceasefire process could begin as soon as the United States accepts the proposal.

The plan follows a memorandum of understanding signed by the US and Iran in June aimed at ending the conflict, reopening Hormuz and beginning negotiations on Iran’s nuclear programme. That agreement later broke down amid renewed tensions over shipping through the strait.

Trump reportedly rejects proposal

Hours after Araghchi outlined the plan at the UN, The Wall Street Journal reported that Trump had rejected it, citing US officials familiar with the matter.

The report said Trump was sceptical that Tehran would meet his demands and suggested that he viewed renewed US bombing as a possibility.

Trump also posted an image on Truth Social showing the Strait of Hormuz circled and labelled “Trump Strait”.

The latest development comes amid renewed diplomatic efforts on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York, including talks between Araghchi and Trump’s envoy, Steve Witkoff.