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Iran vows to keep Strait of Hormuz closed until US meets demands
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said Sunday that the Strait of Hormuz would remain closed until the US meets Tehran’s demands, including an end to sanctions and compensation for war damage. The blockade of the crucial energy route has rattled markets and pushed up prices, while President Donald Trump said he was taking a low-key approach to negotiations with Iran.
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- 9 Aug 2026, 00:23 CEST → 11 Aug 2026, 14:27 CEST
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Continued attacks on ships in the Strait of Hormuz have led to greater and greater backlash from nearby nations.
IRGC sets conditions to reopen the Strait of Hormuz as the US seeks commitments to end attacks on ships in the waterway.
Iran on Saturday issued a list of demands for the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, which have been characterised as “new” preconditions. Reporting from Washington, FRANCE 24’s Fraser Jackson notes that many of the demands were “already agreed to by the US in the [Islamabad] Memorandum of Understanding that was signed...
Iran says talks with Oman over reopening the Strait of Hormuz are nearing their final stages, but that reopening the waterway depends on further conditions and compensation for what Tehran calls violations of the June agreement. Iran has issued new demands, including that the US lift its naval blockade of the strait an...
Iran says the Strait of Hormuz will remain restricted unless the US meets a series of demands.
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said Sunday that the Strait of Hormuz would remain closed until the US meets Tehran’s demands, including an end to sanctions and compensation for war damage. The blockade of the crucial energy route has rattled markets and pushed up prices, while President Donald Trump said he was taking a l...
Trump this weekend said he was "low-keying" his approach to the conflict, suggesting that he was prepared to let economic pressure mount in place of further military strikes.
US president’s statement is latest sign that negotations to end war and reopen strait of Hormuz have stalled Donald Trump has said he will demand that Iran pay compensation for the deaths of thousands of US soldiers and Iran’s own civilians killed in recent decades in the latest sign his negotiations to end the war and...
US President Donald Trump said he will seek compensation from Iran for casualties in the war.
US president seeks payment for '50 years' of alleged damages after Iran conditions opening of Hormuz on war reparations.
Oil prices surge as talks stall over competing demands, hampering prospects for reopening crucial strait.
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