US Awaits Iran Answer After Hormuz Clashes Strain Ceasefire
President Donald Trump speaks to members of the media on the South Lawn of the White House before boarding Marine One in Washington, DC, on May 8.
Photographer: Aaron Schwartz/CNP/Bloomberg
The US was waiting on Iran’s response to its latest proposal to end the war after suggesting word could come imminently, following clashes in the Strait of Hormuz that strained a monthlong ceasefire.
Iran gave no public indication by late Saturday whether it would accept President Donald Trump’s plan, sent on Wednesday, which proposes that the Islamic Republic reopen the waterway and the US end a blockade on Iranian ports over the next month.