Ghalibaf says Hormuz will stay closed until Iran’s conditions are met

• Iran's Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf says the Strait of Hormuz will stay closed until the US fulfils its commitments under the June peace deal.
• The deal is currently defunct.

Iran's Parliament Speaker, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, has reiterated Tehran's position on the Strait of Hormuz. He said the critical waterway will remain closed until the United States fulfils its commitments under the peace deal signed in June, which is now defunct.

Speaking in Parliament, Ghalibaf said Iran has "explicitly conveyed its messages and conditions to the opposing side through intermediaries." He did not say in the remarks provided what those conditions are or who the intermediaries are.

He also said the reopening of the strait and any return to the previous state of negotiations are both off the table for now. "The enemy is well aware that the path of deception and unilateral imposition is closed," he said. 

According to Ghalibaf, there will be no opening for either until Iran's conditions are met, the legitimate rights of the Iranian nation are recognised, and American commitments are fulfilled.

Ghalibaf's remarks tie the closure of the Strait of Hormuz directly to the fate of the June peace deal.

Tehran presents the closure as a response to what it says are unmet American commitments rather than a standalone decision. 

The deal's collapse has left the two sides without an agreed framework, and Iran says it is now communicating through intermediaries instead of direct talks. 

By calling the strait "critical" and linking its reopening to a return to negotiations, Ghalibaf signals that Iran sees the waterway as leverage in any future talks. Since the remarks provided do not spell out Iran's specific conditions or the US response, how the standoff might be resolved remains unclear.

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