Mohsen Rezaei, Iran’s Secretary of the Supreme National Security Council, has called the US response to Tehran’s terms for reopening the Strait of Hormuz “insufficient”. He said Iran was “no longer in the process of responding to the Americans”.
Rezaei said the United States had accepted some Iranian conditions, while leaving others unclear. “In their response, they have accepted some of our conditions, while others remain unclear,” he said.
The dispute follows a war that began at the end of February with US and Israeli attacks on Iran. A ceasefire in the Gulf later collapsed.
Iran then put its proposal to the Americans during the UN General Assembly. It presented seven conditions and said the Strait of Hormuz could be reopened, with normal maritime passage restored within seven days, if those terms were met.
Tehran said late in September that it had received the US response through Qatari intermediaries. Qatar and other mediators have carried messages between Washington and Tehran.
US President Donald Trump said he had rejected Iran’s proposal.
Rezaei said Iran had made its position clear from the outset: “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”.
Iran’s position leaves the terms of any reopening unresolved. The Strait of Hormuz is the conduit for a fifth of the world’s oil and liquefied natural gas.
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