CAIRO/UNITED NATIONS: Iran on Saturday (Sep 26) awaited a US response to its proposal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and end fighting in the Middle East war after the Wall Street Journal reported that President Donald Trump had rejected the deal.Iran raised the diplomatic initiative at the UN General Assembly

Donald Trump is privately sceptical that Iran will meet his demands and has told his staff that he sees a renewed bombing campaign as likely after the November US midterm elections, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing unnamed US officials.