{"id":5582,"date":"2026-10-04T13:51:24","date_gmt":"2026-10-04T18:51:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/directsourcenews.org\/index.php\/2026\/10\/04\/iran-refuses-to-reopen-strait-of-hormuz-without-u-s-deal\/"},"modified":"2026-10-04T13:51:26","modified_gmt":"2026-10-04T18:51:26","slug":"iran-refuses-to-reopen-strait-of-hormuz-without-u-s-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/directsourcenews.org\/index.php\/2026\/10\/04\/iran-refuses-to-reopen-strait-of-hormuz-without-u-s-deal\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran Refuses to Reopen Strait of Hormuz Without U.S. Deal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <div class=\"lazyload smush-lazyload-video smush-lazyload-youtube\" style=\"--smush-video-aspect-ratio: 858\/483\" data-bg-image=\"url(https:\/\/directsourcenews.org\/wp-admin\/admin-ajax.php?action=smush_video_thumbnail&#038;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fembed%2FIRUfTej5u5g%3Ffeature%3Doembed&#038;video_width=858&#038;video_height=483)\" ><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"BREAKING: Iran DOUBLES DOWN on Strait of Hormuz demands\" width=\"858\" height=\"483\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/IRUfTej5u5g?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen src=\"about:blank\"><\/iframe><span class=\"smush-play-btn\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Play video\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<span tabindex=\"0\" class=\"smush-play-btn-inner\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<span>Play<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t<\/span><\/div> TEHRAN, Iran \u2013 October 4, 2026 (STL.News) Iran is refusing to reopen the Strait of Hormuz until the United States satisfies seven conditions tied to an earlier agreement between Washington and Tehran, hardening its public position as negotiations continue over one of the world\u2019s most strategically important waterways. Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf, who has emerged as Tehran\u2019s top negotiator, said Sunday that Iran\u2019s position was firm: the strait would remain closed until the conditions connected to the June Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding are met. The declaration comes days after Iran received a U.S. response through Qatari<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stl.news\/iran-refuses-reopen-strait-of-hormuz-without-u-s-deal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Read Original Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TEHRAN, Iran \u2013 October 4, 2026 (STL.News) Iran is refusing to reopen the Strait of Hormuz until the United States satisfies seven conditions tied to an earlier agreement between Washington and Tehran, hardening its public position as negotiations continue over&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5583,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5582","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/directsourcenews.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5582","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/directsourcenews.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/directsourcenews.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/directsourcenews.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/directsourcenews.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5582"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/directsourcenews.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5582\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5584,"href":"https:\/\/directsourcenews.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5582\/revisions\/5584"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/directsourcenews.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5583"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/directsourcenews.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5582"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/directsourcenews.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5582"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/directsourcenews.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5582"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}