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Iran says US response to Hormuz reopening conditions is insufficient
Iran says the United States has not given an adequate answer to its proposal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz.
Mohsen Rezaei, Iran’s security chief, said Tehran set out seven conditions and that Washington accepted some but left others unclear.
Iran says the strait will not be reopened to the US and negotiations will not begin until the conditions are met.
The waterway, between Iran and Oman, is a key route for global oil and liquefied natural gas shipments.
It has been effectively blocked during the war that began with US and Israeli attacks on Iran in February.
Qatar and other mediators have carried messages between the two countries as they seek to end the conflict and restore passage through the strait.
Rezaei says Washington must clarify the unresolved points, but the sources do not say what happens next.
Iran says the US response to its seven conditions for reopening the Strait of Hormuz is insufficient.
Supreme National Security Council Secretary Mohsen Rezaei said Washington accepted some conditions but left others unclear.
Rezaei said the strait would not be opened to the US and negotiations would not take place until the conditions are met.
He said Iran wants the US to clarify the unresolved issues before further steps can begin.
The US has said ships should have free passage under international law and rejected Iran’s proposal for joint management of the waterway with Oman.
- Who
- Iran, represented by Supreme National Security Council Secretary Mohsen Rezaei, and the United States.
- What
- Iran says the US response to its seven conditions for reopening the Strait of Hormuz is insufficient. Rezaei says some conditions were accepted but others remain unclear.
- When
- October 11, 2026. Rezaei said the proposals had been conveyed about two weeks earlier.
- Where
- The Strait of Hormuz and diplomatic contacts between Tehran and Washington.
- Why
- Iran says unresolved ambiguities in the US response must be clarified before the strait is reopened to the US or negotiations take place.
Iran
United States
Strait access
Iran
Iran says the Strait of Hormuz will not be opened to the US until its seven conditions are met.
United States
The US says ships should have free passage under international law.
Management
Iran
Rezaei says the US response accepted some conditions but left others unclear, and wants those points clarified.
United States
The US rejected Iran’s proposal that Iran and Oman jointly manage the waterway.
The Americans have given us a response, and we consider their response insufficient
The Gulf cannot be secure without Iran’s management of the Strait of Hormuz.
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.
The United States conveyed proposals to Iran through Pakistan, Qatar and Iraq, according to Rezaei.
Iran communicated seven conditions to the United States, Rezaei said.
Tehran said it had received a US response to its latest proposal to revive the collapsed ceasefire in the Gulf.
Rezaei said the US response was insufficient and called for clarification of unresolved issues.
- Iranian official
- Mohsen Rezaei, Secretary of the Supreme National Security Council
- Iranian proposal
- Seven conditions
- Mediators named by Rezaei
- Pakistan, Qatar and Iraq
- US response
- Some conditions accepted; others remain unclear
- Strategic waterway
- Strait of Hormuz
Sources
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