Archive · 28 Sep 2026
Iran Offers Seven-Day Hormuz Plan, Trump Rejects Terms
Iran suggested a seven-day plan to reduce its disagreement with the United States.
Iran wants the United States to take several steps before the Strait of Hormuz reopens.
These steps include ending the conflict, removing a blockade, releasing frozen money, and allowing Iran to sell oil.
Iran says those steps could happen within four or five days.
The strait would reopen on the sixth day.
Talks about a larger agreement would start on the seventh day.
President Donald Trump rejected the plan publicly.
US officials say Iran is asking for important benefits before serious talks begin.
Iran says it is still ready for diplomacy but is also prepared if fighting starts again.
Iran proposed that the United States complete requested steps within four or five days, reopen the Strait of Hormuz on day six, and resume broader negotiations on day seven.
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said Tehran wants the conflict and US blockade ended, frozen assets released, and oil sales permitted before reopening the strait.
President Donald Trump rejected the proposal, saying Iran was seeking to reopen the strait because it was losing and asserting that the United States controlled Hormuz.
US Ambassador Mike Waltz said Iran was demanding relief from US and UN sanctions and access to frozen assets before substantive negotiations, offering only a promise to talk afterward.
Iran said it had not received a formal rejection through mediators, while President Masoud Pezeshkian said nuclear restrictions and inspections could be discussed within existing frameworks.
- Who
- Iranian officials Abbas Araghchi and Masoud Pezeshkian, President Donald Trump, and US Ambassador Mike Waltz are involved.
- What
- Iran proposed a seven-day sequence involving US concessions, reopening the Strait of Hormuz, and renewed negotiations.
- When
- Araghchi outlined the proposal on Sunday; the proposed sequence would reopen the strait on day six and begin negotiations on day seven.
- Where
- The proposal concerns the Strait of Hormuz and negotiations between Iran and the United States.
- Why
- Iran says the sequence could create a diplomatic path out of the standoff, while the United States objects to providing major concessions before substantive talks.
Iran’s position
United States’ position
Sequence of concessions and talks
Iran’s position
Iran says the United States should end the conflict, remove its blockade, release frozen assets, and allow oil sales before the strait reopens and negotiations begin.
United States’ position
The United States says Iran is demanding major concessions upfront and offering only a promise to negotiate afterward.
Diplomatic intentions
Iran’s position
Iran describes its proposal as reasonable, says it remains ready for diplomacy, and says the plan is still on the table.
United States’ position
Trump and Waltz question whether Iran is approaching negotiations in good faith and whether talks would produce an agreement on its nuclear programme.
Earlier agreements and shipping attacks
Iran’s position
Iran disputes the US account that it violated an earlier memorandum by attacking international shipping and says Washington breached previous agreements.
United States’ position
Waltz accuses Iran of violating the earlier memorandum through attacks on international shipping.
- Proposed timeline
- US steps within four or five days, the Strait of Hormuz reopens on day six, and broader negotiations begin on day seven.
- Iranian conditions
- Iran wants the conflict and US blockade ended, frozen assets released, and oil sales permitted.
- Proposal source
- Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi detailed the plan on NBC’s “Meet the Press.”
- US position
- Donald Trump rejected the proposal, while Mike Waltz said it demanded extensive concessions upfront.
- Mediation status
- Iran said mediators had not formally conveyed a US rejection despite Trump’s public comments.
- Nuclear discussions
- Masoud Pezeshkian said restrictions and inspections could be negotiated within the NPT and other existing frameworks.
- Military warning
- Araghchi said Iran was prepared for hostilities to resume while remaining open to diplomacy.
