Iran's top security official said Wednesday that the country won't return to its pre-war diplomatic approach toward the US and will keep the Strait of Hormuz closed until Washington meets Tehran's conditions.
Mohsen Rezaei, secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, said in an X post Wednesday that Iran's "new diplomacy" was based on a different approach and would not return to the approach that existed before the war began in February.
He called on the US to take concrete action rather than pursue further negotiations. "We will force America to respect the rights of the Iranian nation and act according to the conveyed conditions; otherwise, the Strait of Hormuz will not be opened. Enough with negotiations, take action," according to a translation of an X post by Rezaei.
Iran has linked the reopening of the strategic waterway to the diplomatic process after months of conflict. The Hormuz is a key global energy chokepoint through which a significant share of the world's oil and LNG trade passes.