# Iran Rejects U.S. 7‑Day Strait of Hormuz Proposal While Pushing Its Own Plan Through Mediators

*Wednesday, October 28, 2026 at 6:06 PM UTC — Hamer Intelligence Services Desk*

**Published**: 2026-10-28T18:06:19.094Z (2h ago)
**Category**: geopolitics | **Region**: Middle East
**Importance**: 9/10
**Sources**: OSINT
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**Deck**: Tehran has turned down a new U.S. proposal for a 7‑day arrangement to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, calling Washington’s terms unacceptable, even as it signals through Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi that Iran’s own 7‑Day Plan could still be implemented via ongoing talks with intermediaries.

Iran’s latest move leaves the Strait of Hormuz without an agreed short‑term framework from Washington’s side, even as Tehran advertises a separate timetable of its own.

At 16:32 UTC on 28 October, Iran rejected a new U.S. proposal for a 7‑day plan to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, describing it as containing unacceptable demands, according to a report carried by Reuters. The contents of the U.S. offer have not been made public, beyond its stated aim of reopening the waterway for that limited period.

Less than half an hour later, at 16:59 UTC, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi issued a statement on Iran’s posture. He said Iran’s armed forces are fully prepared to defend the homeland but that Tehran continues to give diplomacy a chance to succeed. According to Araghchi, Iran remains in close and ongoing contact with intermediaries to review ideas that could ensure implementation of what he called Iran’s 7‑Day Plan in even less than a week.

Both sides are now publicly talking about seven‑day frameworks, but not about a shared document. Iran has dismissed the U.S. version as unacceptable while presenting its own 7‑Day Plan as the standard against which other proposals should be measured.

The practical effect is to keep political and commercial actors guessing about when, and on whose terms, any structured reopening of Hormuz might occur. Without a mutually accepted plan, any change in naval deployments or commercial movements in and out of the Gulf will be read as a signal of which approach is gaining ground.

Araghchi’s emphasis on continuing contacts with intermediaries is meant to reassure audiences looking for a diplomatic off‑ramp. His stress on military readiness in the same message underscores that Iran intends to keep leverage while those talks play out.

Signals to watch now include any further detail on what Iran’s 7‑Day Plan entails, whether Washington revises its proposal, and whether third‑party states involved in the mediation process publicly align with one framework or the other.