A senior IRGC official said Saturday evening that the Strait of Hormuz will not reopen until the United States meets a comprehensive list of demands, including withdrawal of US military forces from around Iran, an apology for attacks against Iran, full war reparations, and the release of frozen Iranian assets, according to a statement. The official's remarks provide a more detailed set of conditions than an earlier IRGC warning.
A senior official in Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) stated Saturday evening that the Strait of Hormuz will remain closed until the United States meets a comprehensive list of demands: withdrawal of all US military forces from around Iran, a formal apology for attacks against Iran, payment of full war reparations, and the release of frozen Iranian assets, according to a statement reported by Iranian media.
This statement follows an earlier warning from a senior Iranian official at 20:23 Jerusalem time, as The Zioneer reported, which also conditioned the strait's reopening on US withdrawal, reparations, and asset release, but did not include an apology. The new statement thus adds an apology to the set of conditions.
The demands have escalated throughout the day. At 18:56 Jerusalem, Iran's Supreme National Security Council issued six conditions for reopening the strait, including cessation of threats, end of hostilities, withdrawal of US forces, payment of compensation, removal of sanctions, and unconditional release of frozen assets. Shortly after, The New York Times reported that a top Iranian security official had reiterated those demands. An IRGC spokesman then said the strait would remain closed until the US agrees to all conditions. At 20:23, a senior Iranian official reiterated the demands for withdrawal, reparations, and asset release.
The Strait of Hormuz has been a central pressure point in the ongoing Iran-US confrontation. As The Zioneer reported on June 21, an Iranian negotiator conditioned the strait's reopening on Israeli restraint in Lebanon. On June 19, the Tasnim agency warned that the strait would not reopen without guaranteed US compliance. And on June 10, the IRGC threatened retaliation after US strikes near the strait.
It remains unclear whether the United States will accept any of these conditions, and whether the closure will continue indefinitely.
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