The speaker of the Iranian parliament refuses to reopen the Strait of Hormuz. He claims that the US naval blockade is violating the ceasefire and blocking progress.
- ‘The Strait of Hormuz remains closed due to the ongoing US naval blockade.
- The speaker of the Iranian parliament made the ceasefire conditional on ending the US naval blockade.
- The Iranian president called the US blockade of ports the main obstacle to the negotiations.
The re-opening of the Strait of Hormuz is not possible due to the ongoing US naval blockade, Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Baker Kalibaf said on Wednesday. TASR informs about it according to the reports of the AFP and Reuters agencies.
“A full cease-fire only makes sense if it is not violated by a naval blockade… the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz is not possible during the flagrant violation of the cease-fire,” X wrote on the social network.
Negotiations are tied up due to the blockade
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkiyan said on Wednesday that the US’s breach of commitments and its blockade of Iranian ports are the main obstacles to “real negotiations”. “The world sees your endless hypocritical rhetoric and the discrepancy between claims and actions,” he said.
US President Donald Trump on Tuesday extended the two-week ceasefire in the war with Iran just before it was due to expire. According to him, the aim was to give Tehran more time to present a unified proposal for negotiations.
