US President Donald Trump on Saturday rejected Iran’s proposal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz within a week if the United States meets certain conditions.
Meanwhile, Iranian media said that the country’s president left New York after a United Nations meeting of world leaders that included Iran’s indirect talks with the United States. Saudi Arabia says it intercepted another missile that it blames on the Iran-backed Houthis in neighboring Yemen.
Iran this week offered to reopen the Strait and resume talks on its nuclear program within seven days if the United States lifts its naval blockade of Iranian ports, waives sanctions on Iranian oil sales and adheres to a ceasefire that would include Lebanon.
But on Saturday, Trump rejected the proposal, saying Iran wants to make a deal because it is “losing badly.”
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“They want to make a deal and I think that’s a good thing,” Trump told reporters outside the White House before leaving for a college football game. “I would like to make a deal too. But this deal will not be acceptable.”
Iran effectively closed the strait after the United States and Israel attacked the Islamic Republic in late February, and the number of ships passing through has decreased dramatically due to Iranian threats and attacks on ships in the waterway.
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