TEHRAN, Iran — Iran has received an official U.S. response to its latest proposal to end the seven-month war between the two countries, Iranian officials indicated Wednesday, though they did not say what the reply contained or whether Washington had rejected the offer.

The development came days after President Donald Trump publicly dismissed Tehran's plan, and as a British maritime security agency reported that three ships had been struck by unknown projectiles in the Strait of Hormuz, the vital waterway at the center of the conflict.

Response presented to Iran's Cabinet

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi presented the U.S. response to President Masoud Pezeshkian during a Cabinet meeting, government spokesperson Fatemeh Mohajerani told the state-run IRNA news agency.

Pezeshkian struck a cautiously optimistic tone after the meeting.

"We will make every effort to bring the agreement to fruition and will firmly stand up for the rights of the Iranian people," Pezeshkian said. "The agreement must now be based on a win-win strategy."

The Cabinet session followed Araghchi's return from New York, where he attended the U.N. General Assembly last week. While there, Iranian officials held indirect talks with U.S. counterparts and met with Qatari and Pakistani mediators on the sidelines of the annual gathering of world leaders.

An official briefed on the talks, who is not Iranian and spoke to Reuters on condition of anonymity, said Qatari officials briefed Araghchi on the U.S. response on Tuesday during a stop in Doha on his way home. According to the official, the two sides largely agree on the steps needed to end the war but still disagree on the order in which they should........

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