Iran's Ghalibaf: Strait of Hormuz Will Never Return to Pre-War Status, Seven Conditions Sent to Washington

Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, speaker of Iran's parliament and Tehran's chief negotiator, said in an interview with Al Jazeera published on November 11 that the Strait of Hormuz would "never return" to its pre-war status. Iran has sent Washington a detailed response through a Qatari mediator and is waiting for an official reply, he said, adding that "the ball is now in the American court."

Ghalibaf said Iran and Oman had reached an understanding to oversee the waterway, including shipping routes and a traffic separation scheme, as part of Iran's seven-point proposal to end the conflict. Shipping rules in the strait are governed by the laws of the two littoral states, Iran and Oman, he said, rejecting the application of the 1982 UN Convention on the Law of the Sea and saying "there are no free waters there."

The conditions he listed include lifting the U.S. naval blockade and sanctions, releasing frozen Iranian funds, ending fighting on all fronts and an explicit declaration that the war is over. Ghalibaf said the terms form part of a memorandum of understanding signed in Islamabad in June and must be implemented before negotiations can begin. The full seven-point text has not been made public.

Iran's armed forces deputy chief of staff, Brigadier General Kioumars Heidari, said the same day that the strait would remain closed until the leader of the revolution orders it reopened. The conflict is now in its eighth month, shipping through Hormuz remains disrupted, and the waterway's future arrangements have become a central issue in any settlement.

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(Source: Al Jazeera)

Source: Al Jazeera

Published by GSM · USA (original Chinese edition)

Photo: 图：伊朗议会议长 Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf 资料照片（已预裁为16:9横幅，人物头部完整）。照片：CC BY-SA 3.0，经 Wikimedia Commons。 / Photo: Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, speaker of Iran's parliament (file photo, pre-cropped to 16:9 with head intact). CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

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