Iran said to have given US proposal for reopening Hormuz, ending war

(Sharecast News) - Iran has reportedly given the ‌US a new proposal ​to reopen the Strait ⁠of ​Hormuz and end the war. According to Axios, which cited a US official and two sources with knowledge of the matter, the new proposal was given to the US via Pakistani mediators. It was understood that the proposal focuses on solving the crisis over the strait and the US blockade first.

As part of that, the ceasefire would be extended for a long period or the parties would agree on a permanent end to the war.

Nuclear negotiations would only start at a later stage, after the strait was open and the blockade lifted.

According to Axios, the White House has received the proposal, but it's unclear whether it is willing to explore it.

Axios also cited three US officials as saying that Trump is expected to hold a Situation Room meeting on Iran on Monday, with his top national security and foreign policy team. One source said the president's team would discuss the stalemate in the negotiations and potential next steps.

Over the weekend, Donald Trump cancelled a planned trip by US officials to Pakistan for peace talks with Iran, shortly after Tehran's delegation left Islamabad.

Special envoy Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner had been due to depart for Islamabad on Saturday but Trump said he had called off the trip as there was no point sending his envoys on an 18-hour flight "to just sit there".

"I just cancelled the trip of my representatives going is [sic] Islamabad, Pakistan, to meet with the Iranians. Too much time wasted on traveling, too much work!" he said on Truth Social.