Tehran to set out its phrases as Qatar, Oman and Pakistan push for a route again to US-Iran talks.
Printed On 28 Aug 2026
Iran is drawing up an inventory of situations for reopening the Strait of Hormuz, its prime safety official has stated.
Mohsen Rezaei, secretary of Iran’s Supreme Nationwide Safety Council, stated on Thursday that mediators had requested Tehran to set out its phrases, and that ending the regional warfare was amongst them.
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His remarks got here as Qatar’s prime minister held talks in Tehran, the third mediating state to go to Iran in every week, following Pakistan and Oman delegations.
Qatar’s International Ministry stated the 2 sides had mentioned a short lived hall by the strait and a joint venture to clear mines from it.
Rezaei stated Iran and Oman had agreed on a hall operating partly by Omani and partly by Iranian waters, with vessels utilizing a center channel if Washington met Iran’s calls for.
“The US should first take sensible steps to fulfil Iran’s situations, after which Iran will proceed to open the Strait of Hormuz,” he informed the IRNA information company.
A spokesperson for Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) stated on Wednesday that Tehran wouldn’t enable a reopening except Washington lifted its blockade of Iranian ports, paid compensation for warfare damages and eliminated sanctions.
Trump says strait is ‘open’
Tehran successfully closed the strait after the US-Israel bombing marketing campaign started on February 28.
It was reopened briefly beneath a June Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), beneath which Iran was to clear mines and let ships go freed from cost for 60 days whereas Washington lifted the blockade and eased sanctions.
Iran declared it shut once more after accusing the US of violating the MoU, with the US reimposing its blockade in retaliation. The settlement expired on August 17, although it was deserted by either side weeks earlier.
Talking within the Oval Workplace on the identical day as Rezaei, US President Donald Trump declared the waterway “open”, saying that US forces had already cleared it of mines and that thousands and thousands of barrels of oil have been leaving the strait every day.
Trump informed Al Jazeera on Wednesday that he was in no rush to renew negotiations. “I’ve no time schedule, none. I’m not in a rush,” he stated.
A supply in his administration informed Al Jazeera that the blockade would stay in place and that no talks with Iran have been scheduled.
