Iran accuses the US of “holding the world economy hostage”. Why he says “reopening the Strait of Hormuz is not possible”

Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf said a full ceasefire in the war with the United States and Israel would be meaningless if it is undermined by the US naval blockade and if Israeli military actions do not stop on all fronts, according to CNN and The New York Times (NYT).

Ghalibaf, who is Tehran's main negotiator in talks with Washington officials, said in a post on Platform X on Wednesday that “a full ceasefire only makes sense if it is not violated by a naval blockade and by holding the world economy hostage and if Zionist warmongering is stopped on all fronts.”

The Iranian official claims that “reopening the Strait of Hormuz is not possible with a flagrant violation of the ceasefire.”

He also stated that the pressures will not be able to make Iran accept concessions.

“They didn't achieve their goals through military aggression, they won't do it through bullying either,” Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf continued. “The only way is to accept the rights of the Iranian nation,” he concluded.

Possible negotiations in the next few days

The NYT reported Wednesday that Pakistani officials remain optimistic they can bring the US and Iran back to the negotiating table even after Tehran's forces seized two cargo ships in the Strait of Hormuz.

Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif met the Iranian ambassador on Wednesday. A Pakistani official briefed on the talks said a second round of talks between Washington and Tehran could take place in the coming days.

Also on Wednesday, in an exchange of text messages with the New York Post publication, US President Donald Trump said that it is possible that negotiations with Iran will resume in the coming days.

“It is possible! DJT President,” the White House leader wrote in response to a journalist from this American tabloid, who asked him about the likelihood that the talks would take place in the next “36 to 72 hours,” that is, until Friday, according to AFP and Agerpres.