Iran says there will be no reopening of the Strait of Hormuz unless seven conditions are met

(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Song Jin-won = Iran announced that it would not reopen the Strait of Hormuz unless the conditions it demanded from the United States were met.

Reuters reported on the 4th (local time) that Iran's state-run Noor News quoted Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, head of Iran's war negotiations, as saying.

Chairman Ghalibaf said, "The United States, which is being talked about in the media, recently put forward a proposal through a mediator. However, they must understand that the era of dragging out the process and imposing unilateral demands is over."

“The position of the Islamic Republic of Iran is completely clear and firm, and the Strait of Hormuz will not be opened until our seven conditions based on the Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) are met,” Ghalibaf said.

U.S. President Donald Trump and Iranian President Massoud Fezeshikian signed an MOU containing a roadmap for ending the war last July through Pakistan's mediation.

This tentative agreement collapsed as differences of opinion over control of the Strait of Hormuz were reaffirmed, leading to repeated armed conflicts, and negotiations reached a deadlock.

Iran proposed a '7-day trust-building plan' to the United States at the UN General Assembly last month.

According to foreign media, Iran proposed to reopen the Strait of Hormuz within 7 days if the United States fulfills conditions such as lifting the U.S. maritime blockade, immediate return of frozen funds, exemption from sanctions on Iranian crude oil exports, and cessation of fighting on all fronts.

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Aragchi met with mediators in Doha, Qatar, on the 29th of last month and received a response from the United States on this proposal.

Although the details were not disclosed, it is presumed that Chairman Ghalibaf did not receive a satisfactory response, as he put pressure on the United States again on the condition of reopening the Strait of Hormuz.

A source previously told Reuters that “the key difference between the two sides is the order of implementation of this plan.” This is interpreted to mean that the two countries are engaged in a war of nerves over whether the United States will fulfill the conditions proposed by Iran first or whether Iran will open the Strait of Hormuz first.