Iran maintains its conditions to reopen the Strait of Hormuz despite Donald Trump's rejection

Tehran does not move. Iran announced on Sunday September 27 that it was maintaining its conditions for reopening the strategic Strait of Hormuz, despite American President Donald Trump's rejection of a plan to this effect. “Our conditions are clear, and any movement towards the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz depends on the satisfaction of these conditions. We will not go back on them,” declared Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, quoted by state television.

“We have never closed the door to diplomacy or negotiations, but, at the same time, we have never given up our rights,” he added. Iran announced Friday that it had submitted a proposal to the United States to reopen the Strait of Hormuz within seven days of its acceptance. “I reject their proposal,” the American president responded to the press on Saturday, affirming that the Iranian leaders wanted this agreement because “they are losing badly”.

Before Donald Trump's rejection, Abbas Araghchi had affirmed that the measures expected from the United States were "not new" and were all already included in the memorandum of understanding signed in June. Quoted by the New York Times, he listed the following conditions: the cessation of all hostilities in the Middle East for seven days, including in Lebanon; the release of frozen Iranian assets estimated at at least $12 billion (€10.5 billion); the lifting of sanctions on Iranian oil and the end of the American naval blockade against Iran.

“Detroit Trump”

Shortly before announcing his refusal, he published on his Truth Social network a map of the Strait of Hormuz with the words “Trump Strait”. The Strait of Hormuz, through which a fifth of the world's hydrocarbons transited before the war, is at the heart of the conflict that the United States and Israel triggered at the end of February with strikes on Iran. Since then, the Islamic Republic has claimed control, and Washington in return imposes a blockade on Iranian ports.

According to the Wall Street Journal, Donald Trump plans to resume bombing Iran after the mid-term legislative elections in the United States on November 3. The United States has not struck Iran since September 1, when a series of attacks left five people dead and dozens injured during a wedding in the southeast of the country. However, ships have since been hit in the Strait of Hormuz. As the elections approach, the American president must confront the growing unpopularity of the war in the Middle East, which has caused fuel prices to soar.