Iran rejected Washington’s response to its seven-condition plan to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, calling it insufficient and saying key issues remain unclear. Security chief Mohsen Rezaei said Tehran would not reopen the waterway or negotiate until its conditions were met, and that Iran was no longer responding to the United States, though the two sides remained in contact through intermediaries including Qatar. The plan could restore normal maritime passage within seven days; reported conditions include lifting the naval blockade and oil sanctions and observing a ceasefire. Disagreement over the terms and sequence of steps is prolonging uncertainty around a strait that carried about one-fifth of global oil and liquefied natural gas shipments before the war.
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