Tier-1 press (Reuters, Sat Sep 26 — Trump remarks to reporters at the White House) · WSJ first report of private rejection (via Reuters) · Iranian officials (context via Reuters)
Trump rejects Iran’s seven-day Hormuz reopen plan — on the record
US President Donald Trump told reporters at the White House on Saturday that he has rejected Iran’s proposal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and end regional fighting within seven days — “I reject their proposal. … I rejected their deal” — saying Tehran wants the strait open immediately because it is “losing so badly” and has “no money coming in.”
Key facts
- Setting
- Remarks to reporters at the White House, Saturday 26 Sep 2026, before leaving for Tennessee (Reuters)
- Rejection (Trump)
- “I reject their proposal. … I rejected their deal.”
- Framing (Trump)
- Iran wants the strait open immediately “because they're losing so badly” · “We're winning tremendously.”
- Money (Trump)
- Iran wants Hormuz open “because they have no money coming in, because they get their money from the Hormuz Strait”
- Deal posture (Trump)
- “They want to make a deal and I think that's fine, I like making a deal too” — the immediate reopen ask is what he rejects
- Iran’s plan (context)
- Raised at UNGA via Qatari mediators: reopen Hormuz and end hostilities within seven days; Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said Friday it would start a seven-day countdown
- Prior report
- WSJ first reported a private rejection, citing unnamed US officials; an earlier US official had called mediated talks “positive and constructive” (via Reuters)
- WSJ private color (secondary)
- Trump privately sceptical Iran would meet demands; told staff a renewed bombing campaign is likely after the November midterms (WSJ via Reuters)
- Blockade
- US economic blockade on Iran to pressure Tehran to lift its Hormuz blockade; Trump again asserted US control of the waterway (Reuters)
- Tehran (secondary)
- Pezeshkian on CBS Face the Nation: ready for talks, no “bullying or coercion”; senior Iranian official to Reuters: no nuclear flexibility even if the US accepts the plan
- Board delta
- Distinct from the boarded Rezaei 4–5-day compliance clock (Sep 24) — this is Washington answering, on the record
- Live later
- Formal written US response · Iranian reply · Hormuz traffic / blockade changes → conflict HUD — no invented open strait or signed deal
I reject their proposal. … I rejected their deal.
President Donald Trump to reporters at the White House — Reuters, 26 Sep 2026
Note
Private scepticism went public. President Donald Trump told reporters at the White House on Saturday, before leaving for Tennessee, that he has rejected Iran’s seven-day proposal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and pause regional fighting. “I reject their proposal. … I rejected their deal,” he said. He framed Tehran’s urgency as weakness: Iran wants the strait open immediately “because they're losing so badly,” he said, adding “We're winning tremendously,” and that Iran wants the waterway open “because they have no money coming in.” He also said: “They want to make a deal and I think that's fine, I like making a deal too.”
Reuters carries the Saturday remarks. The Wall Street Journal had first reported a private rejection, citing unnamed US officials; an earlier US official had called mediated talks “positive and constructive.” Iran raised the plan at the UN General Assembly through Qatari mediators, and Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said Friday it would trigger a seven-day countdown to reopening the strait and a pause in fighting. The US economic blockade on Iran remains the pressure lever, and Trump again asserted US control of the waterway.
From Tehran, President Masoud Pezeshkian told CBS’s Face the Nation that Iran is ready for talks but will not accept “bullying or coercion”; a senior Iranian official told Reuters there would be no flexibility on the nuclear programme even if Washington accepted the plan. The board already carries Mohsen Rezaei’s four-to-five-day compliance clock. Any formal written response and any change in Hormuz traffic go to the HUD.
Why it matters
Iran put a week on the world’s energy chokepoint and said the choice was Washington’s. On Saturday the American president answered out loud: reject. Private scepticism is now a public stamp. Official quotes — not a claim that the war is over or the strait is open.
Sources
- Reuters
- Reuters — Araghchi: up to US to accept 7-day plan (Fri, context)
- Boarded Rezaei 4–5-day clock (context — not re-bodied)
- Earlier card: Iran says Hormuz stays closed until US conditions are met (Sep 20, archive)
Primary + secondary attribution as listed. Live values go to the HUD / source product.