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.
- Iranian parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf announced the Strait of Hormuz will remain closed until the United States meets Iran's demands, including lifting the naval blockade, oil sanctions, and unfreezing Iranian assets.
- Iran has controlled the Strait of Hormuz since conflict with the United States began on February 28, requiring vessels' permission and fees, which the United States opposes.
- Iranian parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf vowed that Iran is prepared to inflict a stronger defeat on the enemy proportionate to their actions and advances.
- Iran and Oman have been negotiating navigation rights through the Strait of Hormuz, discussing geographic coordinates and a joint statement.
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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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