Iran pushes back against Trump's deadline to open the Strait of Hormuz
Why it matters: The Strait of Hormuz remains closed, impacting global energy security and freedom of navigation, as Iran rejects Trump's Tuesday 8 p.m. ET deadline.
- Iran pushed back against a U.S. ceasefire proposal and Trump's deadline to open the Strait of Hormuz, with IRNA stating the government rejected a temporary ceasefire for a permanent one.
- President Trump issued a profanity-laden ultimatum for Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz by Tuesday at 8 p.m. ET, threatening to destroy Iranian power plants and bridges, which legal experts consider war crimes.
- Iranian officials, including spokesman Seyyed Mehdi Tabatabai and the Foreign Ministry's Esmail Baghaei, called Trump's threats a reaction of "sheer desperation and anger" and vowed to defend national security.
- Iran's Mission to the U.N. accused Trump of seeking to drag the region into an "endless war" and committing "direct and public incitement to terrorise civilians and clear evidence of intent to commit war crimes."
- Egyptian, Pakistani, and Turkish envoys submitted a proposal for a 45-day ceasefire and the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz to Iran Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi and U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff, according to The Associated Press.
- Qatar's Prime Minister, Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al-Thani, engaged in phone calls with officials from India, Spain, and Norway, emphasizing the need for coordination and negotiation to ensure global energy security and freedom of navigation, as reported by the Qatari Foreign Ministry.
Iran has vehemently rejected President Trump's ultimatum to reopen the Strait of Hormuz by Tuesday evening, countering with its own proposal for a permanent end to the war and accusing the U.S. of inciting war crimes. While Trump threatened to destroy Iranian civilian infrastructure, a move legal experts deem a war crime, diplomatic efforts from Egypt, Pakistan, Turkey, and Qatar are underway to broker a 45-day ceasefire and facilitate the strait's reopening.
