Parliament speaker Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf said the strait will not reopen until conditions in a June memorandum with the United States are fulfilled.
Iran will not reopen the Strait of Hormuz until seven conditions in a June interim agreement with the United States are met, state media quoted parliament speaker Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf as saying on Sunday, Reuters reported. Qalibaf is Iran's top negotiator.
Tehran presented a proposal during the U.N. General Assembly under which the strait could reopen and normal passage resume within seven days if those conditions were met. Reuters reported that the United States replied last week through Qatari intermediaries. Qalibaf said Iran's position was firm and tied to the Islamabad memorandum of understanding.
He denied that Tehran had offered inspections by the U.N. nuclear watchdog in exchange for U.S. sanctions relief, and said Iran had not entered nuclear discussions with Washington. An official briefed on the talks told Reuters last week that a circulated document outlines a seven-day trust-building period aimed at returning to an enhanced version of the June memorandum, including steps on Iran's nuclear program.
The closure has been a factor in high fuel prices that prompted a separate G7 emergency stock release. Reuters did not publish the text of the seven conditions in Sunday's report.
Washington's reply via Qatar has not been released publicly in the account. Shipping through the strait remains subject to the political conditions Qalibaf restated.