Tehran said the US must withdraw troops from the region, lift all sanctions, and pay compensation
Iran’s Supreme National Security Council has laid out new conditions for the US to meet before the Strait of Hormuz can be reopened, amid continuing attacks on shipping.
In a statement carried by Iranian media on Saturday, the council’s secretary, Mohammad Baqer Zolqadr, said that the waterway, which handles around a quarter of global seaborne oil and LNG trade, would not be reopened until “the United States changes its behavior.”
He said the US must lift its naval blockade of Iranian ports and withdraw its forces “from the area surrounding Iran,” as well as...
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