Araghchi says Strait of Hormuz will not return to prewar status
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- Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi says Tehran welcomes regional initiatives to ensure security through countries in the region and is ready for dialogue.
- Araghchi warns that the situation in the Strait of Hormuz will not return to its prewar state, calling for a complete withdrawal of foreign forces from the region.
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said Sunday that the situation in the Strait of Hormuz would not return to what it was before the war, while calling for foreign forces to withdraw completely from the region.
Araghchi said achieving peace and stability required ending the presence of foreign forces, arguing that their deployment served their own interests and contributed to regional insecurity.
He warned that the continued presence of foreign forces would undermine security in the region, according to his remarks.
Araghchi also said Iran welcomed any initiative aimed at ensuring regional security through the countries of the region themselves, adding that Tehran was ready to engage in dialogue on the issue.
He stressed that regional issues were interconnected and said the war would end only when fighting stopped on all fronts.
His remarks come amid continued tensions over the Strait of Hormuz, a strategic waterway for global energy shipments, and broader disagreements over foreign military deployments and regional security arrangements.
