Hormuz remains closed as Tehran insists on U.S. accepting peace terms
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Mohsen Rezaei, secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security
Council, said the Strait of Hormuz will remain closed until the United
States changes its policy and accepts Tehran’s conditions for ending the
war, Reuters reported
on Aug. 11.
The conditions, according to the report, include “the release of Iran's frozen assets and an end to wars throughout the region, including in Lebanon and Gaza.”
Rezaei added that if Iran and Oman reach an agreement on a transit route through the strait, “that agreement would be separate from the closing of the Strait of Hormuz.”
Reuters said Rezaei’s statement is the clearest sign yet that a deal with Oman would not automatically lead to immediate reopening of the waterway unless the United States also fulfills its commitments under the memorandum of understanding President Donald Trump signed in Versailles in June.
The Wall Street Journal reported on Aug. 9, citing
U.S. officials, that Trump had planned for weeks to declare victory in a war
with Iran if Tehran fully reopened the strait and was prepared to do so without
a nuclear deal.
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