Iranian parliament speaker Mohammad Baqer Ghalibaf said Washington had yet to formally answer Tehran’s seven conditions for reopening the Strait of Hormuz and resuming negotiations, putting the next move in the hands of the United States.

Ghalibaf said Iran would not restore the waterway’s pre-war navigation arrangements. He listed a change in the strait’s status among Tehran’s conditions, and said Iran had agreed with Oman on a shipping corridor and a plan to separate vessel traffic. The sources do not establish whether that arrangement has been put into effect.

Conditions reach beyond the strait

Novini247 reported that the seven conditions include guarantees against renewed military attacks, an end to the war against Iran and the regional resistance front, sanctions relief, compensation for wartime damage and changes to the US military presence in the region. Ghalibaf said ending the war was included in a proposed memorandum of understanding. The full wording of all seven conditions was not provided.

The dispute over navigation is a central part of Tehran’s stated terms. Ghalibaf said the strait would not return to its previous status, while also making clear that Iran’s conditions address the wider conflict and the security arrangements around it.

Tehran warns of retaliation

Ghalibaf said Iran was determined to end the state of neither war nor peace, but that negotiations were not the only way to achieve that. He said Tehran could instead pursue lasting deterrence. He also warned that Iran would respond to any renewed military conflict and would treat the United States and Israel as a single hostile front in both negotiations and war.

Ghalibaf said US officials had travelled to Moscow and asked Russian President Vladimir Putin to engage with Iran on the possibility of direct talks with Washington. Novini247 reported that Qatar and Oman were involved in diplomatic efforts, with Russia also emerging as a possible mediator.

Separately, Iranian negotiator’s adviser Mehdi Mohammadi described the US response to Iran’s latest proposals on reopening the strait as unsatisfactory and deceptive. He also said Tehran had rejected Vice President JD Vance’s request for a direct meeting with Iranian negotiators before responding to Iran’s conditions. Ghalibaf said Washington had not formally answered the seven conditions, while Mohammadi described the US response to Iran’s latest proposals.