{"id":60581,"date":"2026-08-18T10:11:23","date_gmt":"2026-08-18T10:11:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gyalchisarshog.com\/?p=60581"},"modified":"2026-08-18T10:11:29","modified_gmt":"2026-08-18T10:11:29","slug":"hormuz-strait-to-remain-shut-until-u-s-meets-interim-deal-conditions-iran-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gyalchisarshog.com\/?p=60581","title":{"rendered":"Hormuz Strait to remain shut until U.S. meets interim deal conditions, Iran says"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">(Reuters)    <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">DUBAI, Aug 18  &#8211; The Strait of Hormuz will remain shut until the U.S. meets the conditions \u200bof an interim deal signed with Iran in June, the top \u200cIranian negotiator Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf said in comments published by state media on Tuesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">These conditions include \u200bthe U.S. lifting its blockade of Iranian ports, lifting \u200boil sanctions, releasing Tehran&#8217;s frozen assets, and ending threats and military \u2060operations on all fronts, Qalibaf told parliament.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The \u200bmemorandum of understanding, clinched on June 17, quickly \u200bunravelled over a dispute about control of the Strait of Hormuz, the narrow waterway through which a fifth \u200bof global oil and liquefied natural gas \u200bflowed before the war.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">U.S. President Donald Trump said the \u200cdeal \u2060was &#8220;over&#8221; on July 7 and a week later Iran&#8217;s foreign ministry declared it &#8220;suspended&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Under the MoU, Iran and the U.S. had committed to \u200bnegotiating a final \u200bdeal \u2014 \u2060covering broader issues such as the fate of Iran&#8217;s nuclear programme \u2014 in \u200ba maximum of 60 days, extendable \u200bby mutual \u2060consent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A senior Iranian official&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/middle-east\/iran-says-it-will-escalate-if-us-does-not-honour-deal-within-weeks-2026-08-17\/\">told Reuters on Monday&nbsp;<\/a>that Iran would now shift to a &#8220;fully offensive&#8221; posture \u2060due \u200bto the stalled diplomatic \u200befforts to secure a permanent end to the conflict.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Reuters) DUBAI, Aug 18 &#8211; The Strait of Hormuz will remain shut until the U.S. meets the conditions \u200bof an interim deal signed with Iran in June, the top \u200cIranian negotiator Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf said in comments published by state media on Tuesday. These conditions include \u200bthe U.S. lifting its blockade of Iranian ports, lifting \u200boil sanctions, releasing Tehran&#8217;s frozen assets, and ending threats and military \u2060operations on all fronts, Qalibaf told parliament. The \u200bmemorandum of understanding, clinched on June 17, quickly \u200bunravelled over a dispute about control of the Strait of Hormuz, the narrow waterway through which a fifth&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":60582,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-60581","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-in-english"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gyalchisarshog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60581","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gyalchisarshog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gyalchisarshog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gyalchisarshog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gyalchisarshog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=60581"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/gyalchisarshog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60581\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":60583,"href":"https:\/\/gyalchisarshog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60581\/revisions\/60583"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gyalchisarshog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/60582"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gyalchisarshog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=60581"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gyalchisarshog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=60581"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gyalchisarshog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=60581"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}