Tehran — Iran stated this Sunday that it has communicated to the United States its conditions for reopening the Strait of Hormuz, a strategic waterway for the world economy that has become the main flashpoint of the war in the Middle East.
"As long as the conditions are not met (...) and American commitments are not respected, it will be impossible to return to the situation prior to the negotiations and to the opening of the Strait of Hormuz," said chief negotiator and Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf, quoted by state television.
Iran is blocking traffic through the Strait of Hormuz, through which one fifth of the world's hydrocarbons passed before the war.
For its part, the United States, which together with Israel triggered the war at the end of February with a joint attack on the Islamic Republic, is maintaining a blockade of Iranian ports.
"Our messages and the explanation of our conditions through mediators have been clearly conveyed to the other side," meaning the United States, the Iranian chief negotiator explained.
On Saturday, General Mohsen Rezaei, Secretary of the Supreme National Security Council, confirmed that Iran's conditions had been transmitted through Qatar, the conflict's mediator.
"Our conditions are the end of the war on all fronts, the unblocking of our frozen funds, and the lifting of the American naval blockade," he recalled in an interview with Al Jazeera.
The Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced on Saturday that Pakistani Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi will travel to Tehran on Sunday.
