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Iran on Sunday insisted that only diplomacy \u200bcan solve its conflict with the United States and Israel after US President Donald Trump said he rejected an Iranian proposal to reopen the Strait \u200cof Hormuz and end fighting.<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cOur conditions are clear, and any move toward reopening the Strait of Hormuz is contingent on these conditions being met,\u201d Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi posted on social media. \u201cOnly a negotiated solution can get them out of this deadlock.\u201d<\/p>\n Iran announced a peace proposal last week at the UN General Assembly in New York, saying it had been transmitted to the Americans via Qatari mediators. \u200bTrump said on Saturday he rejected the plan and argued that desperation was driving the Iranians\u2019 push for an agreement on the key waterway.<\/p>\n \u201cThey want to make \u200ba deal to open the Hormuz Strait immediately because they\u2019re losing so badly,\u201d Trump told reporters at the White House. \u201cWe are waiting for the mediators to \u200bconvey the definitive views to us, and we will make a decision based on them,\u201d Araqchi posted. The Wall Street Journal first reported that Trump had rejected the Iranian proposal, citing unnamed US officials.<\/p>\n It said Trump was privately skeptical that Iran would meet his demands and had told his staff that he sees \u200ba renewed bombing campaign as likely after the November US midterm elections.<\/p>\n A US official had said earlier that discussions with Iran through mediators were \u201cpositive and constructive\u201d.<\/p>\n The Iranians also engaged their Saudi rivals regarding the Strait of Hormuz, underscoring the stakes of a seven-month-old conflict that has disrupted oil flows through a critical shipping \u200clane and \u2060taken a toll on the global economy.<\/p>\n Iran\u2019s Araqchi told reporters at the United Nations on Friday the proposed deal would trigger a seven-day countdown to reopening the strait and a pause in regional fighting.<\/p>\n
Despite Trump\u2019s \u2060public statements, mediators facilitating Iran\u2019s talks with the United States have not officially relayed a US rejection of the plan, according to Araqchi.<\/p>\n
The US has imposed an economic blockade on Iran to put pressure on \u200bTehran to stop Iranian attacks on vessels in the Strait of Hormuz, which have drastically reduced shipping through the area even as Trump repeatedly asserts that the US controls the waterway.<\/p>\nCONFLICT HAS DISRUPTED \u200bOIL FLOWS, HARMED GLOBAL ECONOMY<\/strong><\/h2>\n