Iran Offers Reply to US Peace Plan as Hormuz Crisis Rages On

A woman holds the Iranian flag in front of an anti-US billboard referring to President Donald Trump and the Strait of Hormuz, at the Valiasr Square in Tehran on May 10.
Photographer: Atta Kenare/AFP/Getty Images

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By Rebecca Smith, Arsalan Shahla, and Salma El Wardany

May 10, 2026 at 12:33 PM UTC

Updated on

May 10, 2026 at 2:09 PM UTC

Iran submitted its response to the latest US proposal to end 10 weeks of war, the state-run Islamic Republic News Agency reported, without giving any further details.

Tehran hasn’t yet given any public indication it would accept President Donald Trump’s plan that stipulates Iran permits passage through the Strait of Hormuz and Washington ends its blockade on Iranian ports in the next month.