UPDATE: U.S.–Iran Talks Expected This Week Despite Rejected Hormuz Plan
Geographic context: location of Israel and Iran. This map does not show military operations, flight restrictions, negotiation venues, or current front lines. Torsten; based on Rei-artur and Vardion / Wikimedia Commons. CC BY-SA 3.0 . Source . Proportional display; no additional crop. On September 27, President Donald Trump said he expected U.S. negotiators to resume indirect contacts with Iran during the following week, despite rejecting Tehran’s seven-day Hormuz proposal. Iranian officials said they still sought a negotiated solution and awaited a formal response through mediators. Trump told Axios on Sunday that he expects U.S. negotiators to engage in additional talks with Iran during the coming week. The statement came one day after he publicly rejected Tehran’s proposal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz under a seven-day sequence of sanctions relief, an end to the U.S. naval blockade and broader regional de-escalation. Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi said Tehran had heard T...