U.S. officials said President Donald Trump’s team is skeptical of Iran’s proposal linking Strait of Hormuz access to postwar guarantees while setting aside nuclear talks, and the White House may issue a counterproposal.
U.S. officials said President Donald Trump and his national security team are reviewing with skepticism a new Iranian proposal concerning the Strait of Hormuz, a critical global energy shipping route. The newer report says Iran offered to keep the waterway open while shelving nuclear discussions, while the older report says Iran would reopen it only after the war ends and after receiving guarantees that hostilities will not resume. The White House is considering its response and may issue a counterproposal within days. No source material provided details on the guarantees sought, the mechanism for reopening, or the contents of any U.S. response, and the reports leave a discrepancy over whether the proposal concerns keeping the strait open or reopening it after the war.