Iran Presents Demands on Strait of Hormuz
Translated from Spanish, summarized and contextualized by DistantNews.
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- Iran has presented a list of demands to the United States for the reopening of maritime traffic through the Strait of Hormuz.
- Key demands include an end to the naval blockade, lifting of sanctions, and payment of war reparations.
- Iran's stance is that the strait will remain closed until the U.S. corrects its behavior, with Oman reporting positive but cautious talks on navigation management.
Iran has laid out a series of demands for the United States, stating that maritime traffic through the strategic Strait of Hormuz will not resume until Washington meets these conditions. The demands, communicated via a statement from Iran's Supreme National Security Council Secretary Mohamad Baqer Zolgadr, include the cessation of a naval blockade, the lifting of sanctions, and the payment of war reparations.
"Until the United States corrects its behavior, the Strait of Hormuz will not be opened," Zolgadr declared, as reported by the state news agency IRNA. He detailed six conditions that Iran believes constitute the necessary "correction of behavior" from the U.S. These encompass ending the naval blockade, lifting sanctions, unblocking Iranian assets, and compensating for damages from what Iran terms "two imposed wars." The latter demand was also part of a memorandum of understanding signed between the parties in mid-June.
Until the United States corrects its behavior, the Strait of Hormuz will not be opened.
Zolgadr further insisted on an end to threats against Iran, a halt to military operations against the country and its regional allies in Lebanon, Palestine, Yemen, and Iraq, and the withdrawal of U.S. military forces from the region. "These are the demands of the Iranian people," he asserted, emphasizing that the institution "will never yield" in military or negotiation matters.
These declarations follow similar statements from other Iranian officials. Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi linked the reopening of Hormuz to U.S. compensation for alleged violations of the June memorandum. He also indicated that Iran is nearing an agreement with Oman on the legal framework and management of the strait. Meanwhile, Oman described talks with Tehran as "positive" but cautioned that attacks on vessels in the route could jeopardize negotiations. The United Arab Emirates also reported an attack on an ADNOC tanker in the strait, an accusation Iran has yet to address.
These are the demands of the Iranian people.
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Originally published by Diario Libre in Spanish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized by our editorial team with added local perspective. Read our editorial standards.
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