Iran Backtracks on Reopening of the Strait of Hormuz

DECRYPTION – After a brief hope for reopening, the blockade, both Iranian and American, remains in place. Negotiations between Iran and the United States are set to resume in Islamabad, under the auspices of Pakistan.

The strait of Hormuz is once again closed. In less than 24 hours, the triumphant statements of Donald Trump announcing the resumption of maritime traffic have once again proved premature. Iran, which had first proclaimed the reopening of the strait to navigation on Friday, reversed its decision on Saturday after Trump specified that the American blockade of Iran would remain “fully in force” until the final resolution of the conflict.

The Iranians reminded the American president that negotiations work both ways. “It is described that as long as the United States does not cease to impede the full freedom of navigation of ships to and from Iran, the situation in the strait of Hormuz will remain strictly controlled and in its previous state,” declared a spokesman for the Revolutionary Guards.

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To support this announcement, the Iranians opened fire on two ships sailing through the strait on Saturday.