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Mohsen Rezaei Says Iran Won’t Reopen Strait of Hormuz Until US Meets Seven Conditions
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Strait of Hormuz will remain closed until the US meets Iran’s seven conditions. Iran says there are no talks with the US and awaits a clear response.
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Hormuz stays shut
Iran’s security chief Mohsen Rezaei said Tehran is waiting for a response from the United States on seven conditions for peace talks and dismissed speculation about holding negotiations with Washington. Rezaei told Lebanon’s Al Mayadeen TV that claims “about continuing negotiations or holding a meeting in Qatar is a pure lie”, and he said the Strait of Hormuz will not reopen until the US meets Tehran’s seven conditions.
Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said the conflict “will not be resolved through military means, nor by intensifying sanctions,” and he said Hormuz could be reopened within two days if the demands are met. US President Donald Trump said he saw “positive momentum” towards ending the conflict, while US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Washington was “open to diplomacy” and reiterated Trump’s view that further strikes were not needed if the same objectives could be achieved through economic means.
No talks, Qalibaf warns
Iran’s Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf said the ball is in Washington’s court and that Iran will not open the Strait of Hormuz before its conditions are implemented. Ghalibaf warned that any new American or Israeli attack will be met with a strong response, stressing that Iran will not allow itself to be drained in the state of "no war no peace."
Ghalibaf said Tehran has, through the Qatari intermediary, submitted a clear and transparent reply including its demands, but Washington has not yet provided an official and specific answer. Rezaei also denied reports of ongoing negotiations, saying “I particularly stress that we are not currently holding any negotiations with the Americans,” and he said the Strait of Hormuz would remain closed until Iran’s seven conditions were fulfilled.
Shipping attacks continue
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps claimed that three oil tankers caught fire on Tuesday after striking naval mines while transiting an “unauthorised route” in the eastern part of the strait. The UK Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) agency said it received reports of incidents involving two tankers in the region, and it said one of the tankers had been struck by an unknown projectile northeast of Oman’s Lima village.
Al Jazeera reported that Iran’s position links reopening the strait to Washington’s response to Tehran’s conditions, while Rubio said Washington did not currently see a need for major combat operations against Iran if economic measures could achieve the same objectives. The dispute over conditions for reopening the Strait of Hormuz and the continuation of ship attacks left the diplomatic process dependent on whether Washington provides an “explicit and clear response,” as Rezaei said Iran was still waiting for.