Iran regional confrontation

Iran says it will name its terms for reopening the Strait of Hormuz

DIPLOMACY
Location
Strait of Hormuz
Actors
Iran · United States
Importance
Notable

Iran’s Supreme National Security Council secretary Mohsen Rezaei said the United States must first take practical steps — lifting the blockade on Iranian ports, paying compensation for war damage and removing sanctions — before Iran opens the Strait of Hormuz. Trump said the waterway was already open and that he was "not in a hurry"; an administration source said the blockade stands and no talks are scheduled.

Rezaei framed the sequence explicitly: "The US must first take practical steps to fulfil Iran’s conditions, and then Iran will proceed to open the Strait of Hormuz." An IRGC spokesperson repeated the same three demands. Rezaei also described the corridor agreed with Oman as a middle channel usable once Washington met Iran’s demands, split between Omani and Iranian waters. The two positions are recorded as separate attributed claims.

Verification: Confirmed

Evidence: Iran says it will name its terms for reopening Strait of Hormuz

On-record statements from Iran’s SNSC secretary and from Trump, carried by Al Jazeera; single canonical source for this day.