Iran Denies US Talks, Says Hormuz to Remain Closed as Long as Aggression Continues

Tehran, MINA – A senior Iranian political and security source said Iran is not holding any negotiations with the United States, accusing US President Donald Trump of habitually lying and of blaming others rather than taking responsibility for undermining the prior understanding, Al Mayadeen reported.

According to the source, Iran’s actual negotiations are with Oman, its “permanent neighbor,” given that the Strait of Hormuz lies entirely within the two countries’ territorial waters.

“The United States has always been a disruptive and destabilizing force,” the source said, “and cannot present itself as the region’s savior.”

On the strait’s status, the source said whether it stays open or closed “depends on the broader situation in the region,” but stressed it will not reopen “as long as US aggression, the blockade, and other provocative measures against Iran continue.”

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The US military presence itself, the source added, is the core problem, since no country in the region wants war. “Everyone in the region understands that Netanyahu and Trump’s recklessness has imposed an enormous and wide-ranging cost on them,” the source concluded.

Al Mayadeen’s correspondent in Tehran separately reported, citing an informed Iranian source, that Washington has offered Tehran a concession on the closure of the southern shipping lane in the Strait of Hormuz.

Iran responded by rejecting any reopening of the waterway until the US war is fully halted, even as Washington has been steering vessels toward unauthorized routes through the strait, exposing them to maritime operations, with some ships redirected back into the Gulf.[]

Mi’raj News Agency (MINA)

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