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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Donna Ferguson and agencies

Trump rejects Iran’s seven-day peace deal to reopen strait of Hormuz

People walk past a billboard about the strait of Hormuz in Tehran, Iran
People walk past a billboard about the strait of Hormuz in Tehran. Donald Trump has rejected Iran’s offer of a seven-day ceasefire. Photograph: Majid Asgaripour/Reuters

Donald Trump has said he has rejected an Iranian proposal to reopen the strait of Hormuz within a week and resume nuclear talks in return for the lifting of the US naval blockade of Iranian ports.

“They made a proposal but I reject it,” the US president told reporters at the White House.

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