'Unacceptable cynical attempt': Why US rejected Iran's ceasefire proposal

US Ambassador to the United Nations Mike Waltz said on Sunday that Washington rejected Iran’s proposal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz because Tehran sought sanctions relief and access to “billions in frozen assets” before talks on its nuclear programme.“They were asking for everything up front, with a promise that they would then talk,” Waltz said on CNN’s “State of the Union” when asked what US President Donald Trump objected to.In a separate interview with NBC, Waltz called Iran’s proposal “a pretty cynical attempt to put something on the table that they knew was unacceptable.” He said the US would ultimately need to reach “some type of agreement” with Iran, while stressing that Trump would keep all “options on the table”.Waltz said Iran’s seven-day proposal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz included a “request to have access to billions in frozen funds and a request for the lifting of sanctions”.“These…