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Iran’s parliament speaker and prime negotiator says Tehran is ready for an official US response to its seven circumstances for ending conflict.
Printed On 11 Nov 2026
Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, Iran’s parliament speaker and prime negotiator, has advised Al Jazeera that the Strait of Hormuz will “by no means return” to its standing previous to the US-Israel conflict on Iran.
In an unique interview printed on Wednesday, Ghalibaf stated Iran and Oman reached an understanding to supervise the crucial waterway as a part of Tehran’s seven-point proposal to finish the eight-month battle.
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“There are not any ‘free waters’ [international waters] there, and the 1982 [UN Convention on the Law of the Sea] doesn’t apply to the strait … The laws throughout the Strait of Hormuz are ruled by the legal guidelines of the 2 littoral states that border it,” he stated.
Seven circumstances
Ghalibaf stated Tehran offered a transparent response to the US by a Qatari mediator that included its seven circumstances for peace talks, including that Iran is ready for an official response.
“The ball is now within the American courtroom,” he stated.
Iran’s circumstances, as outlined by the chief negotiator, embody lifting the US-imposed naval blockade and sanctions, the discharge of Iranian frozen funds, ending preventing on all fronts, and an express announcement of an finish to the conflict.
He stated these calls for had been a part of the Islamabad memorandum of understanding signed in June and their implementation was mandatory earlier than coming into negotiations with the US.
“If America limits itself to what has been agreed upon with out making extreme calls for or participating in behaviour that breeds mistrust, then, naturally, reaching an settlement is feasible,” he stated.
“What stands in the way in which of an settlement is our lack of belief in america.”
Renewed battle
Ghalibaf stated US officers requested Russian President Vladimir Putin to mediate direct negotiations with Tehran throughout a go to to Moscow.
He warned towards new US assaults towards Iran, saying that US President Donald Trump will face one other defeat and political pressure from the brand new Congress that takes workplace in January.
Iran is decided to maneuver past a state of “no conflict and no peace”, he stated, urging a sustainable deterrent functionality, together with army capabilities.
Yemen mediation
On the continuing preventing in Yemen between the Saudi-backed internationally recognised authorities forces and the Houthis, an armed group also referred to as Ansar Allah (Arabic for “Supporters of God”), Ghalibaf stated that “nobody ought to intervene” in it.
“If each the federal government in Yemen and Saudi Arabia had been to ask for our assist, we would definitely provide our help to assist resolve their battle,” he stated.
Iran has previously offered to facilitate talks between Saudi Arabia and Yemen’s Houthi group in October following a collection of deadly attacks on the dominion.
