Hormuz Strait to remain shut until U.S. meets interim deal conditions, Iran says
Mohammed Bagher Ghalibaf said Tehran will keep the waterway shut until Washington lifts sanctions, ends the blockade and frees Iranian assets.
- The Strait of Hormuz will remain closed until the United States meets Iran's demands, including lifting a naval blockade, sanctions, and unfreezing assets abroad.
- Since war began between Iran and the United States on February 28, Iran has controlled the Strait of Hormuz, requiring vessels to seek permission and pay transit fees, a policy opposed by the US and regional countries.
- Iran and Oman have been negotiating the future navigation of the Strait, agreeing on geographic coordinates and discussing a joint statement.
- US President Donald Trump threatened military action against Oman if it interferes with the situation in the Strait of Hormuz and called for Iran's surrender, while Iran stated readiness to inflict a greater defeat proportionate to enemy actions.
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The Strait of Ormuz, a strategic maritime route at the heart of the conflict between Iran and the United States, will remain closed until Washington fulfils its commitments under the June Memorandum of Understanding, announced on Tuesday the Iranian chief negotiator, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf.
(Johannesburg=Yonhap News) Correspondent Na Hak-jin = Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, Speaker of the Parliament and head of the Iranian peace negotiation team, said on the 18th (local time) that the U.S. [is] provisional... with Iran
Ship hit in Hormuz as Iran's top negotiator says strait to stay shut
Parliament speaker Ghalibaf said the waterway would remain closed until Washington lifted its naval blockade, released frozen Iranian assets and dropped oil sanctions, as an unidentified projectile hit a ship transiting the strait, causing at least one casualty.
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