The Strait of Hormuz will remain closed as long as the US does not change its behavior and accept Iran’s conditions to end the war, the newly appointed secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council said on Tuesday.
His comments are the strongest indication so far that any deal in talks with Oman over the waterway would not immediately reopen it to shipping if the US does not also abide by its commitments in a memorandum of understanding toward ending the conflict reached between Washington and Tehran in June.
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“As long as America does not change its behavior and does not accept Iran’s conditions, the Strait of Hormuz will not be opened,” Mohsen Rezaei, a close ally of Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei, was quoted by semi-official Tasnim news agency as saying.
“America must end the war, pay Iran’s frozen assets, the war must end throughout the region, including in Lebanon and Gaza,” he said.
