Iran ties Hormuz reopening to U.S. accepting its conditions
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- Iran's Revolutionary Guard said Saturday (August 8, 2026) that reopening the Strait of Hormuz hinges on the U.S. accepting Iran's conditions and is not linked to the Iran-Oman negotiations track, per Tasnim news agency citing spokesperson Hossein Mohebbi.
- A U.S. official reported Friday (August 7, 2026) that Iran-Oman talks had made progress that could soon reopen the strait and restore oil exports disrupted by the five-month-old U.S. war with Iran.
- Trump said the Iran war "will end pretty soon" because "they can't go much longer."
- Houthi attacks on Yemen's oil-rich Marib province killed at least five people, according to a Yemeni minister and military source, escalating strikes a day after their deadliest attack in years.
- Yemen's military said the strikes targeted Houthi "sites and capabilities" on multiple front lines in retaliation for recent Houthi attacks in central and eastern Yemen.
Why it matters: The IRGC's explicit decoupling of Hormuz reopening from the Iran-Oman track creates a parallel hurdle the reported U.S.-Iran-Oman framework doesn't resolve — meaning oil shipments through the strait stay blocked until Washington concedes terms Tehran sets unilaterally. With Trump's optimism ("they can't go much longer") undercut by his own negotiators' claimed progress, the five-month-old U.S. war with Iran has an off-ramp only if the U.S. accepts Iran's stated conditions.
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