Iran will not reopen the Strait of Hormuz until its conditions are met and US commitments are implemented, parliament speaker Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf said on Sunday according to the semi-official Fars news agency.
We are awaiting President Trump’s response,” Rezaei was quoted as reported earlier. “We remain in contact with the mediator Qatar , which has conveyed our conditions to Washington with the aim of ending the war. The warning comes as Iran seeks to keep diplomatic channels open while maintaining its readiness for further military operations.
Iran must both fight and negotiate, Qalibaf said, adding that Tehran would use military force to push back its enemies and diplomacy to consolidate battlefield gains when the time is right. Iran has communicated seven demands to the United States through Qatar as a possible basis for negotiations to end the war, according to an Iranian diplomat. Mohsen Rezaei, secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, said Tehran was waiting for Washington to respond to the conditions conveyed through the Gulf mediator. The demands include an immediate halt to hostilities across all fronts, the releasing of Iranian assets and the lifting of the US naval blockade, according to the diplomat. Rezaei said Tehran was also prepared for a “decisive war” if US President Donald Trump rejected the conditions.
