Iranian Official Sets Six Demands for Full Reopening of Strait of Hormuz

Copies of the Iranian daily newspaper Hamshahri, which features a picture of the Strait of Hormuz and a headline quoting Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi: 'The Oman deal doesn't mean the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz,' are on display outside a kiosk in central Tehran, on Sunday.Abedin Taherkenareh/EPA/Shutterstock

RIYADH, August 10 (Saudi Arabia Breaking News) — Senior Iranian official Mohammad Bagher Zolghadr set six conditions for the full reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, including an end to the war, sanctions relief and the withdrawal of U.S. forces from Iran’s vicinity.

Zolghadr, a veteran of the Revolutionary Guards, called for a permanent end to the war against Iran and its regional allies, an end to threats or insults against Tehran and the lifting of what he described as a U.S. naval blockade of Iranian ports.

He also demanded the withdrawal of U.S. military forces from areas near Iran, American compensation for damage caused during the current war and the June 2025 conflict, and the removal of sanctions alongside the unconditional release of Iranian assets frozen abroad.

Some of those issues were included in a memorandum of understanding signed by Iran and the United States in June and suspended in July, according to CNN. Under that arrangement, they formed part of a phased process rather than conditions that had to be met before the strait reopened.

The CNN report did not include an official U.S. response to the six demands.

On Sunday, Zolghadr left his position on the Supreme National Security Council to become an adviser to Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei.

Iranian officials maintained that a provisional arrangement to manage shipping through the strait was being negotiated bilaterally with Oman and was separate from the United States.

Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei said future management of the strait had been assigned to Iran under the June memorandum, “as was the provision of security, which included the necessary measures for securing the area and minesweeping.”

“I can say we are in the final stages, and the old routes that existed will be replaced with new routes,” Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said Sunday.

“Negotiations are proceeding very smoothly and constructively,” Baghaei told reporters Monday.

Neither official provided details about the proposed routes or when they could become operational.

Source: CNN