The Strait of Hormuz will not be opened until the cease-fire agreement is respected in Lebanon, the Iranian news agency Tasnim reported on Sunday, citing a source close to Iran's negotiating team, and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRCG) also claimed that.
According to that source, since yesterday, no ship has been allowed to enter or leave the strategic waterway, reports Reuters.
And the Fars agency, close to the IRGC, announced that the Strait of Hormuz remains closed and that the IRGC will not issue permits for the passage of ships until further notice.
Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmael Baghei said the US failure to ensure an end to the conflict in Lebanon was a key issue in talks between Iranian and US officials in Burgenstock, Switzerland.
Baghey said that the one-day talks on the implementation of the US-Iran Memorandum of Understanding, which refers to a ceasefire on all fronts, including Lebanon, entail a joint afternoon meeting of representatives of Iran, the US and Qatar, with Pakistan acting as mediators.
The status of the Strait of Hormuz, as noted by the New York Times, caused confusion on Saturday, after Iran announced that due to the continuation of Israeli attacks on Lebanon, it was closing the strategically important route for the passage of oil to global markets, while the US military claimed that shipping in Hormuz continued and that Iran "does not control" the strait.
Negotiations in Switzerland
On Sunday, a new round of negotiations began in Birgenstock, Switzerland. Negotiations are conducted as part of Memorandum of Understanding which included a ceasefire between Iran and the US, and was signed on Wednesday evening. It was signed by US President Donald Trump in Paris and Iranian President Massoud Pezeshkian in Tehran and came into force immediately.
The agreement reached by the negotiators of the two sides has a phase of 60 days in which the details of the peace agreement would be negotiated. US Vice President JD Vance he arrived in Switzerland on Sunday morning, where negotiations continued. The negotiator from the Iranian side is Mohammad Bagher Kalibaf.
Source: FoNet
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