Trump said the Iran blockade will remain until a deal is signed, as Tehran claimed control over the Strait of Hormuz was needed for security.
Mohsen Rezaei, a military advisor to Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, said on Sunday that managing the Strait of Hormuz was Tehran's "legal right" in order to ensure national security. "Iran's management of Hormuz Strait ends 50 years of insecurity in the Persian Gulf," Iranian news agencies quoted Rezaei as saying. Additionally, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said that Iran is ready to "reassure the world that it does not seek nuclear weapons," in a Sunday statement.
Pezeshkian further blamed "regional instability" in the Middle East on the "Israeli regime" and its "envisioning of a 'Greater Israel,'" according to the regime's official Islamic Republic News Agency. Iranian negotiators will not "compromise on Iran's dignity or honor," he added.
Meanwhile, a potential deal between Iran and the United States stipulates that the number of ships able to transit the Strait of Hormuz would return to the pre-war level within 30 days, according to Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps-affiliated Tasnim News Agency. (Read More)
