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Iran awaits ‘definitive’ US response
Agencies, Tehran/Washington
Published: 28 Sep 2026, 12:00 AM
Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi on Sunday said Tehran was waiting on the “definitive” response to its latest proposal on reopening the Strait of Hormuz despite US President Donald Trump publicly rejecting the offer.
Under the plan, Iran would open the critical waterway within a week and resume nuclear talks if the US met certain conditions, including lifting a naval blockade and waiving sanctions on oil.
“We saw the first reaction from the US president, but nothing has been conveyed to us from the mediators yet,” said the Iran FM.
“Of course, the US president has also said many good things and also many contradictory things, which unfortunately we hear a lot from him. We are waiting for the definitive opinions to be conveyed to us by the mediators and we will make a decision based on that,” Araghchi added.
"Our conditions are clear, and any move toward reopening the Strait of Hormuz is contingent on these conditions being met," he posted on social media. "Only a negotiated solution can get them out of this deadlock."
"We have never closed the door to diplomacy or negotiations, but at the same time, we have never backed down from our rights."
Iran's armed forces are prepared for any renewed US attacks, state media quoted army spokesperson Mohammad Akraminia saying on Sunday, after Trump said he rejected an Iranian proposal. Akraminia said Iran's armed forces were fully prepared for confrontation and warned that the US would suffer greater damage if it launched another attack on his country.
Saudi airstrikes on Taiz in southwest Yemen caused dozens of casualties in an area controlled by the Houthis, the Iran-backed group said on Sunday, as fighting escalated further after a truce broke down months ago.
The Houthi's military spokesman Yahya Saree accused Saudi Arabia of launching two air raids that hit a market on the outskirts of the city, saying nearly 50 people were killed or wounded without specifying the exact breakdown.
The spokesman said blood was "unjustly and aggressively spilled" in a statement posted online, vowing there would be consequences for the attack.
Earlier, the group's Al-Masirah TV channel said a strike killed seven people and wounded 40 more at a market in Taiz, minutes after reporting that a Saudi fighter jet had targeted the area.
In a subsequent statement, the channel, citing the Houthis' health ministry, said that five children were among those wounded.
Meanwhile, UK counter-terrorism police were leading the investigation in which five men were arrested on suspicion of explosives and terrorism offences near an RAF base used in US attacks against Iran.
After the declaration of a major incident at RAF Fairford, a bomb squad was sent to the village of Whelford and extra security measures were put in place, including the fortification of entrances to the base. Roadblocks and armed police have been seen in the area over the weekend.
After their initial arrest over explosives offences, the five men detained early on Sunday morning were further arrested later in the day on suspicion of the preparation of a terrorist act, the Metropolitan police said.
On the other hand, the UN human rights office has added 61 more companies to a blacklist of firms that it says are involved in violating Palestinian human rights through business ties to Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank.
The vast majority of the total 214 companies, which are based in 11 countries, are Israeli. Five of the 158 companies listed last year were removed in the latest update.