IRGC says won't reopen Hormuz until US accepts all Iran's conditions

Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps says the Strait of Hormuz—a critical global shipping route—won't reopen until the United States accepts all of Tehran's demands. An IRGC spokesperson told state television on Sunday the strait is now a 'theatre of war' rather than a waterway, Middle East Eye reports. Maintaining this position is their current strategy, the spokesman said.

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