Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf , Speaker of the Iranian Parliament, said on Sunday (September 20, 2026) that the Strait of Hormuz would not be reopened until Iran’s seven conditions were met, adding that Tehran must pursue both military action and negotiations .
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He wrote that “Tehran’s message is clear and unambiguous” and that Washington had “no choice but to accept Iran’s rights and conditions” if it wanted to escape the “quagmire it has created for itself”. Rezaei did not rule out another U.S. strike, saying it was “very much on the cards” according to Iranian military assessments. He said Tehran was prepared for such a scenario and that its military planning had changed after two earlier rounds of fighting.
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Ghalibaf said “the duality of war or negotiation is not real” and that Iran must “both fight and negotiate”. “We must fight sensibly and decisively and negotiate with authority and rationality at the right time,” he said. Iran must use its military power to push back its adversary and consolidate battlefield gains through diplomacy, he said. “At the right moment, with all the military power we have, we must push back the enemy and deal him fatal blows,” he said. But once Iran had achieved “a significant field victory” and the enemy was weak, it must consolidate these advantages “with the tools of diplomacy”, he added. He said Iran’s positions in the diplomatic arena were “completely clear, rational, and non-negotiable”, and that its conditions had been conveyed explicitly to the other side through mediators. The enemy “knows very well that the path of deception and unilateral imposition is closed”, Mr. Ghalibaf said. The Strait of Hormuz would not be reopened until the conditions were fulfilled, including recognition of what he called the legitimate rights of the Iranian people and implementation of U.S. commitments, he said. He added that “there will be no opening for returning to the previous conditions of negotiation and the opening of the Strait of Hormuz”. Mohsen Rezaei, Secretary of the Supreme National Security Council of Iran, said that Qatar had conveyed Iran’s conditions to Washington and Tehran was awaiting U.S, according to Al Jazeera . Rezaei said the conditions included an end to the war on all fronts, the release of frozen Iranian funds, and an end to the naval blockade. Earlier reporting noted: 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. Earlier reporting noted: 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.
Earlier reporting noted: Iran won’t reopen Strait of Hormuz until conditions, US commitments are met: Qalibaf 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.
