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Tehran, Iran Iran and the United States have offered conflicting views on the future of ships passing through the Strait of Hormuz as it continues. business risksalthough they interact with intermediaries.
Iranian media on Saturday released the latest statement by Mojtaba Khamenei, who has not been seen or heard from since he was elected as the new supreme leader by the clerical body in March.
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“We promise to avenge your holy blood, and the blood of all the martyrs of these two wars, for terrorism and shame. This revenge is important for our country, and it must be done,” Khamenei said. his fatherAyatollah Ali Khamenei, who was killed on the first day of the war launched by the US and Israel on February 28.
He stressed that these are government policies and do not depend on any official. “Soon, people among the free people of the world will do part of this divine work,” he said.
Khamenei’s comments also echo calls for revenge by hardline religious groups at Ali Khamenei’s funeral this week.
In Mashhad, where Ali Khamenei he was buried On Friday, the main negotiator Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf and other officials in favor of talks with the US were present as many people shouted, “Talking with the enemy is betraying their country”. In a televised speech, Ali Khomeini, the grandson of Ruhollah Khomeini, who founded the Islamic Republic after a coup in 1979, said that “anyone who wants to negotiate peace with America is a hypocrite.”
Meanwhile, the US President, Donald Trump, said, without explanation, that he believed he was the first on “Iran’s murder list” and had left instructions to retaliate if an attempt on his life took place.
A thousand “Arrows are closed and loaded and aimed at the Islamic Republic of Iran”, he wrote on his website Truth Social. “The orders have already been issued, and the US military is ready, prepared, and capable, for one year, in terms of escalation, destruction and destruction of all areas of Iran,” he said.
Trump said he felt the repeated “ceasefires” had ended following the latest gang exchange between the two sides earlier this week, but mediation talks may continue. On Friday, the Qatari mediator he went Iran in meetings aimed at reducing tensions with the US, while on Saturday Iran’s foreign minister went to Oman for talks.
Ali Vaez, director of the Crisis Group’s Iran project in Washington, said retaliation is used as a door step when negotiations seek to prevent another punitive war.
“Trump’s announcement that the ceasefire is over raises the cost of the negotiations, but not the costs. Both sides seem to realize that the alternative is escalation and they can’t afford it or manage it reliably,” he said.
On Friday, unnamed Trump officials said in a briefing with US media that Iranian officials had privately told Washington that the “wrong” group of militants was trying to derail the talks by launching attacks in the Strait of Hormuz.
US reports also said that Trump’s team hopes that Araghchi, after his meetings in Oman, will publicly acknowledge or accept this. hit tanks and merchant ships earlier this week was a mistake.
Vaez said the allegations of Iran’s secret communications are absurd but appropriate for the U.S. because accusing the militant group is leaving the door open for negotiations.
“The real test is not what Iranian officials say they said in private, but whether all sides can find a way to stop firing and return to exchanging words,” he said.
‘No part’
While Washington’s message is leaving the road open and trying to pressure Tehran, the message from Iran has confirmed that it wants to control the passageways.
Tehran also considers any movement through the US-controlled southern route through Oman – as well removal of fuel restrictions – being in conflict with the memorandum of understanding (MoU) reached between the two sides last month. It also pushed for the full reopening or removal of the strait through which one-fifth of the world’s oil and natural gas flows in peacetime.
Iran’s ambassador to the United Nations, Amir Saeid Iravani, told reporters outside the Security Council in New York on Friday that any such attempt would be carried out. foreign theater “Disrupting or disrupting the power system” would violate the maritime contract and delay the full restoration of marine vehicles.
In a statement on Thursday, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said that traffic in the Strait of Hormuz has gradually returned to about 50 percent of the pre-war level due to the Iran deal, but that the ships must pass through designated routes where foreigners “will have no part” in managing the problem.
Military officials also promised the day before that “no matter what” they will not allow the US or other countries to intervene in the control of the strait.
In order to implement this principle and coordinate the legitimacy, Iran has established the Persian Gulf Strait Authority.
But the governing body of the United Nations, the International Maritime Organization (IMO) in London, on Friday “strongly criticized” Iran’s decision to “establish an organization to manage traffic on the road”.
The IMO asked its 176 member states not to recognize “Iran’s claims of sovereignty over the Strait of Hormuz, its claims to control the territorial waters of third countries along the strait, which violate the rights, sovereignty and exclusive sovereignty of these countries” and to obstruct Iran’s elections, disrupt or block Iran’s elections. interfering with international movement and freedom of transit”.
Also on Friday, the US Department of the Treasury he imposed his first new sanctions related to Iran since signing the agreement on June 17, and appointing several individuals and organizations to retaliate for the attacks on international ships in the strait. They included Ali Ansari“financial director” with links to Mojtaba Khamenei, as well as several money exchange houses.
Negar Mortazavi, a senior fellow at the Center for International Policy, said that “there may be internal disagreements in Tehran about the strategy and the level of military pressure” but added that the conflict in Hormuz started “a big conflict” in the implementation of the MoU.
“Iran believes that the trade route on this route should be developed in cooperation with Tehran, while the United States seems to be trying to interpret it independently without this cooperation,” Mortazavi said.
Noting that Iran “has not closed the door to negotiations”, Mortazavi said Tehran will use military force to enforce its interpretation of Mo by continuing negotiations. “Iran believes that talks without a ban would give the United States and Israel time to start a war later,” he said.
