Iran · updated 1h ago · 2 min read
Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf Says Iran Will Keep Strait of Hormuz Closed Until Seven Conditions Met
Strait of Hormuz will stay closed until seven conditions from the Islamabad Memorandum are met. Iran has conveyed these conditions to the US through intermediaries and rejects unilateral demands.
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“He said there would be no return to previous negotiations or reopening of the strategic waterway until Iran’s rights are recognized and US commitments are implemented.”Read the original ↗
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Hormuz stays shut
Iran’s parliament speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf said the Strait of Hormuz will remain closed until all seven of Iran’s conditions under the Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding are fulfilled. Ghalibaf told Iran’s parliamentary session that “The period of buying time and imposing unilateral demands is over,” and he stressed that Tehran’s position is “completely clear and definitive.”
Ghalibaf said the United States recently conveyed proposals through a mediator while issuing contradictory statements publicly, and he described that messaging as “cognitive warfare.” Ghalibaf added that Iran does not formulate its national security and strategic policies based on the tweets or daily interviews of American officials, and he said “We base our actions on the enemy’s real behavior and actions, not on rhetoric and false dichotomies in the media.”
Seven conditions, seven days
Nournews reported that Ghalibaf said the Strait of Hormuz will not reopen until seven Iranian conditions set out in a June interim agreement with the US are met. Ghalibaf warned that “the period of dragging out the process and dictating one-sided demands is over,” and he said the Strait of Hormuz will not be opened until “our seven conditions, based on the Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding, are met.”
Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi told ambassadors and diplomats in Tehran that the Strait of Hormuz could be reopened within seven days if Washington accepts Tehran’s proposal. Araghchi warned that if the United States again opts for military action, Iran would respond, and he said, “If they again move towards military solutions, we are more prepared than before and will take whatever action is necessary to defend ourselves,” according to Khaleej Times.
Missiles and diplomacy
Army spokesperson Mohammad Akraminia told Fars news that Iran will upgrade the range of its missiles, saying “During this war, we concluded that we absolutely must increase the range of our missiles.” Akraminia said Iran has “now moved in that direction,” as the Strait of Hormuz remained closed under Iran’s stated seven-condition framework.
The Jerusalem Post quoted Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei saying Tehran clarified its broad positions via mediators but that “our focus in this stage is the issue of the Strait of Hormuz.” Baghaei also denied Tehran had offered UN nuclear watchdog inspections of its nuclear facilities in exchange for US sanctions relief, and he said Iran had not entered into nuclear discussions with Washington.