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Iran's Intransigence

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Liz Wolfe | 6.30.2026 9:30 AM

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Iran really wants that maritime traffic: "Iran's Foreign Ministry denied Monday that its negotiators would be meeting with U.S. officials in Qatar on Tuesday after President Trump announced the talks would resume at Tehran's request," reports CBS News. "Both sides exchanged strikes over the weekend, testing the fragile ceasefire."

Meanwhile, Iranian official Kazem Gharibabadi told state TV that the regime really wants to work out a deal with Oman (which borders the south of the strait) to oversee ships passing through Hormuz, but that "if for any reason Oman is not interested in doing so," Iran will move forward, doing its own.

"We have warned the Omanis that other countries have no right to interfere in this matter," he added.

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"Under the memorandum of understanding signed with Washington on 18 June, substantive talks over Iran's nuclear programme do not need to start until the lifting of the blockade of the strait—something Iran is required to use only 'its best endeavours' to achieve," writes The Guardian's Patrick Wintour. "Iran is adopting a maximalist interpretation of the memorandum, decreeing that it alone can lift the blockade. Jealously guarding this prerogative, it has been resisting the........

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