Iran has said the United States accepted some of its seven conditions for reopening the strategic Strait of Hormuz but left other demands unresolved, prompting Tehran to describe Washington’s latest response as “insufficient” and warn that progress towards ending the war remains uncertain.
Tehran has made clear that it will not reopen the waterway to the US or resume negotiations until its conditions are met. Iran presented its proposal during the United Nations General Assembly, outlining a framework under which the Strait of Hormuz could reopen and normal maritime passage could be restored within seven days if its conditions were fulfilled. Mohsen Rezaei, secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, made the remarks on Sunday, October 11, according to Iranian state media.
“In their response, they have accepted some of our conditions, while others remain unclear,” Rezaei said, according to Reuters. Rezaei said Tehran had explicitly told Washington that the waterway would remain closed to the United States and negotiations would not proceed until the demands were addressed. “We presented seven conditions to the Americans and clearly stated that the Strait of Hormuz would not be opened to them, and no negotiations would take place, until these conditions are met,” he said. Iran said in late September that it had received a US response to its latest proposal to revive a ceasefire agreement. That came days after US President Donald Trump said he had rejected the proposal.
