Iran's Revolutionary Guard said on Wednesday that the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz — through which roughly a fifth of global crude oil transited before the current conflict — is conditional on the United States fully accepting Tehran's terms and ceasing interference in regional negotiations.
The condition also requires Washington to stop meddling in talks between Iran and Oman over navigation arrangements through the strategically critical waterway, the Guard said.
"The reopening of the Strait of Hormuz depends on the United States fully accepting Iran's conditions and ceasing to interfere in the regional negotiation process," Revolutionary Guard spokesman General Hosein Mohebi told the Tasnim news agency during a visit to the southern province of Hormozgan, near the strait.
Mohebi declined to specify what conditions he was referring to, but stated that any decision on reopening the passage rests exclusively with mechanisms and terms set by the Islamic Republic and is separate from the ongoing talks between Tehran and Muscat.
"The moment the United States accepts Iran's conditions, the Strait of Hormuz will be reopened — without doubt," he added.
The senior military official underscored the strait's significance to Iran, describing Hormuz not merely as a route of economic importance but as an element of geographic and strategic power for the country.
Iranian authorities said the two countries have in recent days reached an agreement with Oman on the geographic parameters of a new navigation route through the strait and are in the final stages of drafting a joint declaration formalising that understanding.
According to the Iranian account, the proposed temporary route would pass partly through Iranian and Omani territorial waters, allowing commercial vessels to transit under a new management framework that would replace the provisional routes established to date by Tehran and Muscat.
Iran announced a fresh closure of the Strait of Hormuz in mid-July, at the height of an escalating exchange of strikes between Iran and the United States. Before the conflict, the waterway handled approximately 20 per cent of global crude oil shipments.
Washington responded by reinstating a naval blockade on Iranian ports and vessels, a move that effectively froze negotiations between the two sides conducted under the memorandum of understanding for peace signed on 17 June.
Tehran has reiterated in recent days that any agreement reached between Iran and Oman would not, by itself, automatically trigger the immediate reopening of the Strait of Hormuz.
Source: ANGOP / Original article: https://www.angop.ao/noticias/mundo/guarda-revolucionaria-diz-que-reabre-ormuz-quando-eua-aceitarem-condicoes/
