Iran's push to reopen Strait of Hormuz faces US rejection

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

58% : Tehran outlines new proposal Iran's foreign minister presented the latest proposal during a private meeting Thursday on the sidelines of the UN gathering.
51% : Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian and Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi visited New York for the UN gathering of world leaders and proposed an agreement under which the Strait of Hormuz would be reopened within seven days.
48% : " Danny Citrinowicz, a senior researcher at Israel's Institute for National Security Studies, said Washington could believe that maintaining pressure until the November elections would serve its interests, while Tehran could reach the opposite conclusion.
45% : However, Trump used his speech to world leaders at the United Nations on Tuesday to threaten to "annihilate" Iran. Pezeshkian, speaking a day later, said Iran would continue fighting "until our last breath," while also indicating at the end of his address that Tehran remained open to diplomacy.
35% : Opening the Strait of Hormuz, which Iran moved to control after being attacked by the United States and Israel, could ease pressure on international markets and reduce risks for US military forces escorting commercial vessels through the waterway.

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