Iran Guards rule out Hormuz reopening without US meeting Tehran's demands
A woman walks past a mural depicting Iran's late supreme leader Ali Khamenei at Valiasr Square in central Tehran on Aug. 8, 2026. (AFP)
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said on Aug. 9 that the Strait of Hormuz would not fully reopen until the United States met Tehran’s demands, including lifting sanctions and paying compensation for war damage.
The Guards said restrictions would remain in place “until the enemy accepts all our conditions,” describing the strait as “a theatre of war” rather than simply a waterway.
Other conditions set out by Iran’s Supreme National Security Council on Aug. 8 include an end to the war on all fronts, the lifting of the U.S. naval blockade of Iranian ports and the release of frozen Iranian assets, the semi-official Tasnim news agency reported.
