Middle East Situation Tracker: Trump Rejects Seven-Day Ceasefire Proposal, Plans to Resume Bombing; Iranian President Makes Conciliatory Remarks, Willing to Push for Negotiations

BlockBeats news, September 26: The latest developments in the Middle East situation are as follows:

Peace Negotiations:

According to The Wall Street Journal: U.S. officials said that U.S. President Trump has rejected Iran's proposed seven-day ceasefire plan and told his aides that he expects to resume bombing Iran after the November midterm elections. Officials familiar with the matter revealed that the United States has informed Iran and mediators that Trump has no intention of lifting the maritime embargo.

Iranian Foreign Minister: Willing to reopen the Strait of Hormuz within seven days, but stated that relevant conditions must be met; after the U.S. side accepts the seven-day plan, the Strait of Hormuz will be opened.

U.S. officials: (Regarding the 7-day plan) The United States is conducting positive and constructive discussions with Iran through intermediaries, and both sides continue to communicate on the nuclear issue.

Al Jazeera said that U.S.-Iran negotiations have entered the technical consultation stage, but Iranian media Fars News, citing Iranian sources, said the relevant reports are "untrue."

Iranian President: Supports restoring the memorandum of understanding and will create conditions for substantive negotiations.

Iranian President: Iran does not want to possess nuclear weapons and is willing to advance negotiations with the United States.

Senior Iranian official: Even if the United States accepts Iran's proposal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, Iran will not make concessions on the nuclear program issue.

Strait of Hormuz:

Preliminary data show that commercial vessel traffic through the Strait of Hormuz has dropped to single digits.

U.S. officials said the United States and Iran are holding positive discussions through mediators, with nearly 40 million barrels of crude oil passing through Hormuz.

Pakistan's Prime Minister called for the Strait of Hormuz and the Bab-el-Mandeb Strait to remain open.