Trump rejects Iranian proposal to open Hormuz and end fighting

INTELLIGENCE SUMMARY

By Trevor Hunnicutt, Parisa Hafezi and Menna AlaaElDin WASHINGTON/UNITED NATIONS/CAIRO, Sept 26 (Reuters) - US President Donald Trump said on Saturday he had rejected an Iranian proposal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and end fighting in the Middle East. Iran raised the initiative at the UN General Assembly in New York, saying it had been transmitted to the Americans via Qatari mediators and that it could reopen the strategic waterway and put an end to hostilities in the region within sevendays.