Iranian foreign minister Abbas Araghchi said only a negotiated solution can end the conflict with the United States after President Donald Trump publicly rejected a proposal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz. The comments, reported by the BBC, keep a diplomatic channel open without announcing an agreement.

Trump told reporters at the White House that the proposal was not “acceptable” and that Tehran wanted a seven-day arrangement because “they’re losing so badly”. On Saturday he said: “I’m rejecting their deal,” adding that the United States already had “total control” of the strait. That is the president’s claim, not an independent finding by this newsroom.

In a Telegram post, Araghchi acknowledged the rejection but said Iran was waiting for a “definitive” official US response through mediators. He accused Trump of contradictory statements and tied the conditions for reopening the strait to a memorandum of understanding signed in June.

The BBC notes that about a fifth of the world’s oil and gas supply usually transits Hormuz and that the waterway has been effectively closed since war broke out in February. This account does not confirm a shipping timetable and does not announce a reopening.

Iranian president Masoud Pezeshkian told CBS, as quoted by the BBC, that distrust created by the war must be overcome and that Tehran is open to implementing the memorandum in stages if Washington shows it does not intend to overthrow the government. Oman, acting as mediator, called at the UN for dialogue to safeguard navigation.

Progress can be confirmed only through an agreement, verifiable measures and actual changes to navigation. This report does not invent a compromise and does not treat Saturday’s rejection as a formal message from the mediators — Araghchi said that message has not yet arrived.

Image: US Navy (Photographer's Mate Airman Eben Boothby), tanker at the Al Basrah oil terminal, Persian Gulf, 2005, public domain. Not the Strait of Hormuz in 2026.

Source consulted: Iranian minister says only negotiation can end conflict after Trump rejects Hormuz deal — BBC News.