Iran calls US reply to Hormuz reopening terms “insufficient,” saying the strait will stay shut and talks will not resume until seven conditions are met

Mohsen Rezaei, secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, said Tehran would not reopen the Strait of Hormuz or negotiate with Washington until the United States met Iran’s seven conditions. He described the US response as “insufficient,” saying Washington had accepted some terms but left others unclear and requiring clarification, according to Tasnim News Agency.

Rezaei said the United States had sought proposals from Iran over the past two months through channels in Qatar, Iraq and Pakistan. Tehran conveyed its seven conditions about two weeks ago, he said. Reuters reported that Iran’s proposal envisaged restoring normal passage through the strait within seven days if the conditions were met.

The US and Israel began their war against Iran on February 28, 2026, after which Iran restricted traffic through the strait and Washington imposed a naval blockade on Iranian ports. A US-Iran memorandum on navigation through the waterway, signed in June, collapsed days later.