This comes as the White House reportedly noted that US officials were having positive conversations with mediators on the Iran war.
US President Donald Trump on Saturday shared an image of a map depicting the strategic waterway, the Strait of Hormuz, and labelled it as “Trump Strait”.
“Iran has conveyed to the United States, through Qatar, a concrete seven-day plan.
Meanwhile, earlier on Friday, Iran’s foreign minister Abbas Araghchi said at the UN that Iran had conveyed a “concrete seven-day plan” to the US. If the necessary conditions are met, the strait can be reopened, and normal maritime passage restored within seven days,” he said. The proposal would have reopened the Strait of Hormuz and resumed nuclear talks in return for the US lifting its blockade of Iranian ports, the report further said.
The White House on Friday stated that US officials had positive and constructive conversations with mediators on the Middle East conflict, according to news agency AP .
Earlier reporting noted: ‘Trump Strait’: US President shares new map of Hormuz after rejecting 7-day ceasefire offer US President Donald Trump on Friday posted a map on Truth Social depicting the Strait of Hormuz as “Trump Strait.
The Iraqi prime minister’s office, in an official statement, said the government is in direct contact with the US to secure exemptions from sanctions on Iranian airlines. Earlier reporting noted: According to The Washington Post, Trump vowed that Iran would never acquire a nuclear bomb, expressed scepticism that Tehran would meet his demands and said a renewed US bombing campaign remained likely.
Earlier reporting noted: This comes after Trump reportedly rejected Iran’s seven-day framework offer for reopening the strait and resuming negotiations over its nuclear programme.
