Iranian parliament speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, who led Tehran’s negotiating team in peace talks with the U.S., told the Iranian parliament on Tuesday that the Strait of Hormuz will remain closed until the U.S. accepts Tehran’s demands.
«The Strait of Hormuz will not open until the blockade is lifted, frozen assets are released, the oil embargo is lifted and threats and military operations on all fronts end, as well as other terms of the memorandum,» Ghalibaf said, as quoted by the semi-official Mehr News Agency.
Ghalibaf was referring to the Memorandum of Understanding signed by the combatants in June, which has thus far failed to produce a full peace settlement.
-ABC News’ Joe Simonetti
