Iran Threatens Middle East Attacks Unless Strait of Hormuz Plan is Met
Iran's foreign minister, Abbas Araghchi, said on Monday that he was expecting a formal response from the U.S. on a new plan to reopen the Strait of Hormuz. The proposal is contingent upon certain conditions being met, including a seven-day cease-fire across the Middle East and the unfreezing of Iranian assets abroad.
Iran has maintained a blockade on commercial shipping through the strait since the war began in late February with US-Israeli strikes on the Islamic republic. The U.S. military has been maintaining a counter blockade of Iran's ports in an effort to prevent Tehran from exporting oil.
Iran's chief negotiator, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, threatened new attacks if his country's security was not guaranteed, saying 'In a region where we cannot sell oil, no one else will sell oil either; or if our security is not guaranteed, no infrastructure will remain safe.'