Iran doubles down on new conditions to open Hormuz, denies it’s negotiating with US
FM Araghchi says Tehran merely 'exchanging messages' with US indirectly, as Guards say strait now 'theater of war'; Houthis hit Saudi oil facility, Yemen's Aden-based government The post Iran doubles down on new conditions to open Hormuz, denies it’s negotiating with US appeared first on The Times of Israel .
Iran has stated that a deal with Oman to define new shipping lanes in the Strait of Hormuz is in its final stages. However, the strait will only reopen once the United States meets certain conditions, according to Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi.
Araqchi also said that Iran and the US are not engaged in talks, and Tehran will not start them as long as Washington breaches an interim deal signed in June. Instead, messages are being exchanged via intermediaries.
The Strait of Hormuz has been effectively closed by Iran since the US and Israel began a war in February, according to the Egypt Independent. It is a vital route for shipping crude from oil-rich countries such as Saudi Arabia and Kuwait to the rest of the world, carrying a fifth of global oil and liquefied natural gas shipments before it was blocked.
Brief written by urgent.news from The Times of Israel, The Korea Times, Kyiv Post, Egypt Independent, Al-Monitor — 5 reports on this story. Machine-written — it may contain errors, so check the original before relying on it.
