Trump rejects Iran's seven-day plan to reopen Hormuz and renames the strait "Trump Strait"

Germany

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Economic and energy interpretation of the impasse · 7 of 20 countries

Berlin first assesses the energy dimension of the American refusal, with Tagesschau linking the prolonged blockade of the Strait of Ormuz to the global rise in energy prices rather than the diplomatic terms of the exchange.

Saudi Arabia

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Expanded regional security beyond the duel · 2 of 20 countries

Riyadhh is distancing its position from the US-Iranian standoff: the kingdom is defending freedom of navigation in the Strait of Hormuz while recalling that it has itself suffered direct Iranian attacks.

Argentina

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Electoral interpretation of the refusal · 3 of 20 countries

Buenos Aires sees Trump's refusal as a maneuver timed to the US electoral calendar rather than the substance of the Iranian proposal on the Strait of Hormuz.

Australia

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Expanded regional security beyond the duel · 2 of 20 countries

Canberra sees the naval blockade as the real lever of the crisis, while the Red Sea is also heating up near Riyadh.

Brazil

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Electoral interpretation of the refusal · 3 of 20 countries

Brasília is mainly concerned about the threat of a resumption of American bombings after the November midterm elections, more than the simple rejection of the seven-day plan announced on Saturday, September 26, 2026.

Canada

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Electoral interpretation of the refusal · 3 of 20 countries

Ottawa sees Donald Trump's refusal as an electoral calendar calculation as much as a diplomatic one, just a few weeks away from the November midterm elections.

United States

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Directly involved voices, opposing registers · 3 of 20 countries

The United States government draws a clear line: Iran's plan to reopen the Strait of Ormuz in seven days is not acceptable, and the President is turning the refusal into a show of force just five weeks before the midterm elections.

France

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Qatari diplomatic channel maintained despite rejection · 5 of 20 countries

Paris sees Donald Trump's refusal as a calculated setback, which shuts down but does not entirely close the Qatari track opened by Tehran.

Hungary

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Economic and energy interpretation of the impasse · 7 of 20 countries

Budapest sees the renaming of the Strait of Hormuz to "Trump-szoros" as a staged event that covers up a refusal, the justification for which, as hammered out by Washington, remains above all economic: oil and the financial weakening of Tehran.

Indonesia

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Qatari diplomatic channel maintained despite rejection · 5 of 20 countries

Jakarta is scrutinizing the procedural gap between the public rejection of Donald Trump and the lack of official response transmitted by Qatari mediators.

Iran

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Directly involved voices, opposing registers · 3 of 20 countries

Tehran denounces American "contradictory" statements after Donald Trump rejected its plan in seven days, reaffirms that its conditions remain on the table via Qatari mediators, and warns Washington against any intervention in the Strait of Hormuz.

Israel

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Directly involved voices, opposing registers · 3 of 20 countries

Jerusalem welcomes the American refusal as confirmation that maximum pressure on Tehran continues to pay off, rather than as a mere disagreement over the Strait of Hormuz.

Pakistan

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Economic and energy interpretation of the impasse · 7 of 20 countries

Islamabad is first measuring the impact of the American refusal on oil prices and traffic in the Strait of Hormuz, a vital artery on which a large part of the country's energy imports depend.

Philippines

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Economic and energy interpretation of the impasse · 7 of 20 countries

Manila is measuring the impact of the American refusal on oil prices and maritime traffic that the energy-importing archipelago depends on

Portugal

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Economic and energy interpretation of the impasse · 7 of 20 countries

Lisbon retains above all the mediation offer launched by Moscow in the wake of the American refusal, more than the actual content of the Iranian plan for Hormuz.

Qatar

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Qatari diplomatic channel maintained despite rejection · 5 of 20 countries

Doha is gauging the blow to its mediation without deeming it fatal: Tehran claims it is still waiting for an official response from Washington, transmitted through the same channels that had carried the plan in seven days.

United Kingdom

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Economic and energy interpretation of the impasse · 7 of 20 countries

London measures the American refusal of the Iranian plan in seven days first in terms of oil markets, before seeing it as a diplomatic breakthrough.

Russia

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Qatari diplomatic channel maintained despite rejection · 5 of 20 countries

Moscow sees the American refusal as a new episode in a stalled mediation, where Tehran says it still has not received anything from the intermediaries despite Trump's public statement.

Singapore

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Economic and energy interpretation of the impasse · 7 of 20 countries

Singapore weighs the American refusal first in terms of oil and maritime freight, more than in the course of a diplomatic round at the UN.

Turkey

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Qatari diplomatic channel maintained despite rejection · 5 of 20 countries

Ankara sees the American rejection as a sign that Qatari mediation, hailed as "positive and constructive", was not enough to convince Donald Trump to test Tehran's sincerity.