Iran says US response to its proposal to reopen Hormuz was 'insufficient'
Mohsen Rezaei said Washington accepted some conditions but left others unresolved in the proposal to reopen the waterway and restore a ceasefire.
- On Sunday, Iran's security chief Mohsen Rezaee told state media the United States' response to Iran's proposal to reopen the strategic Strait of Hormuz was "insufficient."
- During the UN General Assembly, Iran presented seven conditions to reopen the waterway, to which the US later replied via Qatari intermediaries.
- Rezaee stated Iran is "no longer in the process of responding to the Americans," adding that while some conditions were accepted, others remain unclear.
- Diplomatic efforts to resurrect a collapsed ceasefire in the Gulf remain complicated, with the region serving as a conduit for one-fifth of global oil and liquefied natural gas.
- President Donald Trump rejected the proposal in September, casting doubt on negotiations as tensions persist over the strategic waterway's status.
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'Insufficent': Iranian regime rejects US response to conditions set to reopen Strait of Hormuz
"We presented seven conditions to the Americans and clearly stated that the Strait of Hormuz would not be opened to them, and no negotiations would take place," said Iran's security chief Rezaee.
The Iranian Revolutionary Guard has reported that a second super-oiler crashed into a mine while trying to cross the strait
Iran considers the US response to Tehran's conditions for starting negotiations insufficient. Washington has accepted some of the conditions, but other issues remain unclear, said Mohsen Rezaei, secretary of the Supreme National Security Council, in an interview with Press TV. "The Americans gave us a response. In it, they accepted some of our conditions, but some issues remain unclear. That is why we consider their response insufficient," Rezae…
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