Iran's parliament speaker said the Strait of Hormuz will remain closed until Washington lifts its naval blockade, releases frozen assets and ends oil sanctions. Meanwhile, a projectile damaged an outbound ship's engine room.
Iran's parliament speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf said on Tuesday that the Strait of Hormuz will stay shut to cargo traffic until the United States meets three demands. The conditions require Washington to lift its naval blockade, release frozen Iranian assets and end oil sanctions, according to his remarks on state television. He said the strait will not open until the commitments from the memorandum of understanding are implemented.[1]
Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan and his Iranian counterpart Abbas Araghchi discussed the negotiations on reopening the strait and maintaining the ceasefire over the telephone, according to the state-run Anadolu Agency citing Turkish foreign ministry sources. The talks treat the waterway and the ceasefire as a single negotiating file, though neither ministry published terms or a timetable.[2]
The UK Maritime Trade Operations reported that an unknown projectile struck a vessel transiting outbound through the strait, damaging the engine room and hurting one crew member. The Omani Coast Guard assisted the crew, and no party claimed the attack. Daily transits through the strait have fallen from more than 130 before the war to single digits, according to MarineLink.[3]
