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        "id": 1926983,
        "msgid": "iran-to-keep-strait-of-hormuz-closed-until-us-fulfils-commitments-1787057484",
        "date": "2026-08-18 19:09:00",
        "title": "Iran to Keep Strait of Hormuz Closed Until US Fulfils Commitments",
        "author": "Cahya  Mulyana",
        "source": "MEDIA_INDONESIA",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Politics",
        "summary": "Iran's parliament speaker has declared that the Strait of Hormuz will remain closed until the United States honours the terms of a memorandum of understanding signed by both parties. Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf said Tehran would use both diplomatic and military means to make Washington understand the consequences of its actions. The strategic waterway, a vital route for global oil and gas exports, has become a focal point of tensions between the two countries.",
        "content": "<p>The Iranian government has stressed that it will not reopen the\nStrait of Hormuz until the United States fulfils its commitments under\nthe memorandum of understanding signed by both parties. In a speech to\nparliament, Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf said\nIran would use both diplomatic and military means to make the US\nunderstand the consequences of its actions, according to Iranian state\nnews agency IRNA. \u201cI emphasise that as long as the US has not fulfilled\nits commitments under the memorandum of understanding, including lifting\nthe blockade, releasing frozen assets, lifting oil sanctions, halting\nthreats and military operations on all fronts, and implementing other\nprovisions promised in the memorandum, the Strait of Hormuz will not be\nreopened,\u201d Ghalibaf said. The head of Iran\u2019s negotiating team in talks\nwith the US added that Iran was pursuing the power of logic and the\nlogic of power through both diplomatic and military coordination. The\nperiod set out in the memorandum, including the lifting of the US\nblockade and a ceasefire, has helped Iran strengthen its economic\nresilience and rebuild its defensive capabilities. \u201cIran is ready, in\nproportion to the enemy\u2019s actions and aggression, to inflict an even\nmore crushing defeat upon them,\u201d Ghalibaf asserted. Iran and the US\nsigned a memorandum of understanding in June, mediated by Pakistan and\nQatar, to end hostilities and open a 60-day period for negotiations\ntowards a final agreement. However, subsequent talks stalled amid\ndisputes over the implementation of the memorandum and arrangements for\nshipping through the Strait of Hormuz, a vital route for global oil and\ngas exports.<\/p>",
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