Trump reportedly rejects Iran’s seven-day peace deal to reopen strait of Hormuz

Tehran awaits official response to plan, but US president is said to expect renewed strikes after midterms

Iran is awaiting an official US response to its proposal to reopen the strait of Hormuz within a week and resume nuclear talks in return for the lifting of the US naval blockade of Iranian ports, as Donald Trump was reported to have rejected the deal.

Although Iran is yet to receive his official response, the US president is said to be privately sceptical Iran would meet his demands to dismantle its nuclear programme, according to unnamed US officials cited by the Wall Street Journal.