Iran issues tough demands to reopen strait of Hormuz as deal still out of reach

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Iran has set strict conditions for reopening the strait of Hormuz, demanding the US correct its behavior, while the UAE reported an Iranian missile strike on one of its ships. The strategic waterway remains closed as negotiations for a reopening deal stall amid heightened regional tensions.

Tehran urges US to ‘correct its behaviour’ as UAE says one of its ships targeted by Iranian missile Iran has issued tough new demands for reopening the strait of Hormuz, while the United Arab Emirates said one of its ships was targeted by an Iranian missile, as a deal to open the strategic waterway remained out of reach on Saturday. Iran’s politburo-like body known as the supreme national security council said the strait of Hormuz will not open until the United States “corrects its behaviour”, and its state broadcaster published a statement from the council’s secretary, Mohammad Bagher Zolghadr, who is also a commander in the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). Continue reading...