Middle East: Iran wants US concessions before opening Hormuz
Skip next section Iran demands concessions from US before reopening Strait of Hormuz 08/10/2026 August 10, 2026 Iran demands concessions from US before reopening Strait
Skip next section Iran demands concessions from US before reopening Strait of Hormuz 08/10/2026 August 10, 2026 Iran demands concessions from US before reopening Strait of Hormuz An Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson said Iran will not reopen the Strait of Hormuz until the United States met its conditions. "It is up to the US side to stop and make amends for its illegal and destructive actions," Esmail Baghaei said Monday. What are Iran's demands on the US?
In a statement over the weekend, a member of Iran's Supreme Security Council and Revolutionary Guards commander said Tehran had the following demands of the US Never to threaten Iran again Pay compensation for months of war damage Permanently end its war against Iran and its allies in the region, namely Lebanese militants Hezbollah; Houthi rebels in Yemen; and Hamas in the Gaza Strip Lift its blockade of Iranian ports and ships in the Strait of Hormuz and pull its military out of the area Lift sanctions and release frozen Iranian assets The impasse over the Strait of Hormuz has led to a global jump in fuel prices.
Iran is holding talks with Oman over transit through the strait, including a possible temporary shipping corridor, but it has said any actual reopening depends on negotiations with the United States. On Sunday, however, US President Donald Trump said the US not engaged in major talks with Iran. "We are low-keying it," he said, according to US media outlet Axios. "We are only semi-negotiating with them. We are just watching Iran with its huge inflation and the fact they have no money." Trump also expressed his optimism that a satisfactory conclusion would eventually be reached.
"It will work out. It always works out. It's like a chess game," he said of the war.
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