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

US president is said to expect renewed strikes after the midterms

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.

The president was earlier said to be privately sceptical Iran would meet his demands to dismantle its nuclear programme, according to unnamed US officials cited by the Wall Street Journal.

Trump has told aides he expects to resume bombing Iran after the November midterms in the US, the newspaper reported.