Iran regional confrontation

Iran's Khatibzadeh says reopening the Strait of Hormuz hinges on US guarantees to end the war

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Deputy Foreign Minister Saeed Khatibzadeh told Russia-1 television that reopening the Strait of Hormuz depends on the US providing objective guarantees to end the war on all fronts and meeting a seven-day initiative presented through Qatar. He said the sequence requires Washington to end hostilities, release frozen Iranian assets and lift the blockade before Tehran reopens the strait and resumes talks, and that the ball is in the US court.

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Statement by the deputy foreign minister on Russian state television, relayed by two newsrooms; Iranian state media IRNA cited.