Iran says it has received a US response to its seven-day ceasefire plan for the Strait of Hormuz

30 September 2026

Iranian authorities said on Wednesday 30 September 2026 that they had received the formal US response to Iran's seven-day ceasefire plan, which President Trump had rejected. Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi presented the plan at the UN General Assembly: fighting would stop on all fronts including Lebanon, the US would lift its naval blockade and oil sanctions and release frozen Iranian assets, and the Strait of Hormuz would open at the end of the seventh day. The plan is based on the 17 June memorandum of understanding, under which Iran undertook to let ships pass through the strait without tolls for 60 days while peace talks took place; the new plan condenses the timeline and changes the sequence. The disagreement between the two sides is currently over the sequencing of the plan. The terms of the US response have not been made public.