Iran has formally withdrawn from the memorandum of understanding (MoU) it signed with the United States, alleging that Washington has repeatedly violated it. Tehran is no longer bound by any part of the understanding reached with the United States last month to end the conflict, Iran’s foreign ministry said.
Iran says that by reimposing a naval blockade on Iranian ports, among other steps, the United States has not only violated the deal but broken it entirely. At the same time, Iran has announced that, in the wartime situation, it will take control of the entire Strait of Hormuz into its own hands.
The announcement came as the United States again enforced a naval blockade on Iran’s ports early on Wednesday. Washington claims the step was taken in response to Iranian attacks on ships passing through the Strait of Hormuz. Fresh attacks then began in various countries hosting US troops, and the interim understanding to end the war grew even more uncertain.
Iran’s deputy foreign minister, Kazem Gharibabadi, said: “Whatever the cost, Iran will establish full sovereign control over the Strait of Hormuz.” The information was given via the Tasnim news agency.
He said that in normal circumstances control of the Strait of Hormuz was shared between Iran and Oman, but that in the interest of national security in wartime, control of the whole strait needed to be in Iran’s hands. Gharibabadi added: “Iran will never request talks with the United States.”
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