Iran has legal right to manage Strait of Hormuz, supreme leader's military advisor says

Mohsen Rezaei, a military advisor to Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, said on Sunday that managing the Strait of Hormuz was Tehran's "legal right" in order to ensure national security."Iran's management of Hormuz Strait ends 50 years of insecurity in the Persian Gulf," Iranian news agencies quoted Rezaei as saying.Additionally, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said that Iran is ready to "reassure the world that it does not seek nuclear weapons," in a Sunday statement.Pezeshkian further blamed "regional instability" in the Middle East on the "Israeli regime" and its "envisioning of a 'Greater Israel,'" according to the regime's official Islamic Republic News Agency.Iranian negotiators will not "compromise on Iran's dignity or honor," he added.Number of ships transiting Strait of Hormuz will return to pre-war level in 30 days under potential deal, Tasnim saysMeanwhile, a potential deal between Iran and the United States stipulates that the number of ships able to transit the Strait of Hormuz would return to the pre-war level within 30 days, according to Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps-affiliated Tasnim News Agency.The naval blockade must be completely lifted within 30 days according to a memorandum of understanding, Tasnim said, adding that part of Iran's frozen funds must be released in the first phase.Amid this, dozens of oil tankers and commercial vessels transited the Strait of Hormuz over the past 24 hours, the IRGC Navy claimed on Sunday.The 33 vessels included oil tankers, container ships, and other commercial vessels, according to the IRGC Navy's statement.The vessels "obtained permission" to transit after "coordinating" with the IRGC, which provided "security" to the vessels, the statement claimed.