{"id":35867,"date":"2026-04-28T10:29:11","date_gmt":"2026-04-28T10:29:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pickbydoc.com\/?p=35867"},"modified":"2026-04-28T10:29:12","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T10:29:12","slug":"u-s-appears-cool-on-iran-proposal-to-end-war-and-reopen-hormuz-without-a-nuclear-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pickbydoc.com\/?p=35867","title":{"rendered":"U.S. appears cool on Iran proposal to end war and reopen Hormuz without a nuclear deal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p id=\"anchor-26dfe5\" class=\"body-graf\">The United States showed little immediate enthusiasm for a new Iranian proposal that would end <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/iran\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the war <\/a>and reopen the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/world\/iran\/trump-iran-war-call-us-peace-talks-araghchi-putin-hormuz-rcna342251\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Strait of Hormuz <\/a>without resolving the impasse over the Islamic Republic&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/world\/iran\/us-iran-new-peace-talks-trump-vance-hormuz-nuclear-enrichment-rcna331669\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">nuclear program<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p><button class=\"styles_subscriptionCTA__LOUeY\" id=\"subscriptionCTA\" type=\"button\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"styles_textWrapper__vxvko\">\n<p class=\"styles_text__daaVB styles_textLarge__qlzwu\">Subscribe to read this story ad-free    <\/p>\n<p class=\"styles_text__daaVB\">Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com\/image\/upload\/rockcms\/2026-01\/arrow-f55fa5.svg\" alt=\"arrow\" class=\"styles_arrow__tnruW\" aria-hidden=\"true\"\/><\/button><\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-eef66e\" class=\"body-graf\">Iran&#8217;s latest offer looked \u201cbetter\u201d than past pitches, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said late Monday, after it was discussed by President Donald Trump and his national security team. But there was little sign that Washington might be willing to abandon its naval blockade and accept the offer.<\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-6a2bcd\" class=\"body-graf\">Energy prices soared again on the negative signals. <\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-52a3a9\" class=\"body-graf\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/data-graphics\/gas-prices-iran-war-state-national-cost-trump-rcna265835\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">National gas price averages<\/a> hit a new high amid the war of $4.18 early Tuesday, up from $4.11 a day earlier. The international benchmark price for oil, Brent crude, reached a three-week high above $111 a barrel.<\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-35d2dc\" class=\"body-graf\">The Iranian proposal would focus on reopening Hormuz \u2014 the vital trade route whose closure has shaken the global economy \u2014 and ending the war the U.S. and Israel began two months ago, but table thorny nuclear talks until a later date, a Gulf source and a regional source told NBC News.<\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-c2fb73\" class=\"body-graf\">The details of the plan were first reported by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2026\/04\/27\/iran-us-hormuz-strait-nuclear-talks-proposal-pakistan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Axios<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-d46e7d\" class=\"body-graf\">\u201cSuffice it to say that the nuclear question is the reason why we\u2019re in this in the first place,\u201d Rubio said in an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.state.gov\/releases\/office-of-the-spokesperson\/2026\/04\/secretary-of-state-marco-rubio-with-trey-yingst-of-fox-news-channel\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">interview <\/a>with Fox News.<\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-c0cb7c\" class=\"body-graf\">&#8220;They\u2019re very good negotiators,&#8221; he said of Iran, but he said any agreement would have to be one that &#8220;definitively prevents them from sprinting toward a nuclear weapon at any point.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-dd41d4\" class=\"body-graf\">Iran maintains that it has no desire to develop a nuclear weapon, but American demands that Tehran halt its enrichment program have been a key roadblock in peace talks.<\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-9da81a\" class=\"body-graf\">The Iranian proposal was discussed Monday in a meeting between Trump and his national security team, according to White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt, although it was not immediately clear how seriously it was being weighed. \u200b<\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-02c3e4\" class=\"body-graf\">\u201cThe president\u2019s red lines with respect to Iran have been made very, very clear, not just to the American public, but also to them as well,\u201d Leavitt told reporters. \u201cI wouldn\u2019t say they\u2019re considering it,\u201d she said, adding that Trump would address the subject publicly soon.<\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-f38c75\" class=\"body-graf\">Members of the Gulf Cooperation Council will hold a meeting Tuesday where the Iranian proposal will also be discussed, according to two Gulf officials.  Kuwait\u2019s state news agency confirmed the group was expected to convene for an exceptional summit in Jeddah on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/world\/iran\/trumpl-iran-proposal-end-war-reopen-hormuz-nuclear-deal-oil-storage-rcna342441\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The United States showed little immediate enthusiasm for a new Iranian proposal that would end the war and reopen the Strait of Hormuz without resolving the impasse over the Islamic Republic&#8217;s nuclear program. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. 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