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Trump rejected Iran's proposal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz to commercial shipping within seven days. About one fifth of the world's oil and gas usually moves through that waterway.
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The BBC reported on 25 September that Trump, speaking at the White House, rejected Iran's offer to reopen the Strait of Hormuz to commercial ships within a week. He said Tehran wants the strait open now because it is losing badly. Iran's foreign minister, Abbas Araghchi, told reporters at the UN on Friday that a deal is possible if conditions in a June memorandum are met. About one fifth of the world's oil and gas usually passes through the strait.
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The BBC reported on 25 September that President Trump rejected Iran's proposal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz to commercial shipping within seven days. He told reporters at the White House that Tehran wants the route open immediately because it is losing the war. Foreign minister Abbas Araghchi said on Friday in New York that an agreement is possible if the necessary conditions are met, and that those conditions sit in a memorandum the two sides signed in June. In normal times the strait carries about one fifth of the world's oil and gas. This brief keeps three points: who refused the seven-day plan, where the conditions are written down, and how much of the world's fuel usually uses the strait. The course of the fighting is in the BBC story.
