U.S. President Donald Trump said he rejected Iran's latest proposal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and resume nuclear negotiations, while U.S. officials described indirect discussions with Tehran as positive and constructive. Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi presented the terms during talks on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly in New York involving U.S. Special Envoy Steve Witkoff, Jared Kushner and Qatari mediators. Tehran offered to reopen the strategic waterway and restart nuclear talks within a week if Washington lifted its naval blockade, removed sanctions on Iranian oil sales and reinstated a regional ceasefire. U.S. negotiators said Iran could not set conditions over the strait because it does not control it. The proposal followed earlier indirect contacts after a June agreement intended to halt fighting and begin nuclear talks collapsed within days.