{"id":1622,"date":"2026-07-29T20:14:45","date_gmt":"2026-07-29T20:14:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valutednews.com\/?p=1622"},"modified":"2026-07-29T20:14:45","modified_gmt":"2026-07-29T20:14:45","slug":"iran-has-not-sought-talks-with-us-over-past-two-weeks-official-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/valutednews.com\/?p=1622","title":{"rendered":"Iran has not sought talks with US over past two weeks, official says"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align:center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/amayei.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2026\/07\/2026-07-29t090028z-51360403-rc2jnmakq81l-rtrmadp-3-iran-crisis-oman-hormuz_jpg.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Iran has not sought talks with US over past two weeks, official says\" title=\"Iran has not sought talks with US over past two weeks, official says\" \/><\/div><p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cms5yjx6i00083j6ttygmwbqa@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">Iran has not sought negotiations with the United States over the past two weeks and will not relinquish control of the Hormuz Strait, a senior Iranian official said yesterday, hours before the country launched a fresh round of missile attacks against US bases in Jordan.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cms5ykpy5000a3j6t70eo4st7@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">US President Donald Trump had claimed that Iran was \u201cdying for a negotiation,\u201d Deputy Foreign Minister Kazem Gharibabadi said. But he painted a very different picture in an interview on Iranian television late Tuesday.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"pull-quote_block-quote vossi-pull-quote_block-quote inline-placeholder\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/pull-quote\/instances\/cms5zfbw400003j6t2smfj8g7@published\" data-component-name=\"pull-quote\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n<div class=\" pull-quote_block-quote__section vossi-pull-quote_block-quote__section\">\n<div>\n<p class=\"pull-quote_block-quote__text  vossi-pull-quote_block-quote__text inline-placeholder\" data-editable=\"text\">\u201cWe have sent no request for negotiation with the US during the past 16\u201317 days,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cms5ymbxi000e3j6tywq89qjb@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">Control of the Strait of Hormuz has become a key issue in the conflict between Iran and the United States, which has insisted that freedom of navigation must be restored through the critical waterway, through which more than one-fifth of the world\u2019s oil is normally carried.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cms5ymzvv000f3j6ttdavnz56@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\u201cIf the Strait of Hormuz returns to its previous state, our success in this war is not complete,\u201d Gharibabadi said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cms5yo396000h3j6tt4ecusw2@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">US warships were not allowed to come near the Strait, he said, because demining the sea-lanes was Iran\u2019s responsibility according to the Memorandum of Understanding signed last month.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cms5yodzr000i3j6t98njuqgo@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\u201cThe Omanis wanted to bring in a country to conduct mine-clearing operations in the southern part of the Strait of Hormuz, but we did not allow it.\u201d Gharibabadi asserted.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cms5yp0m3000j3j6t0nyrx0vz@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">He also suggested that Iran retained the right to charge fees for passage.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cms5zpjte00013j6t0sesf4tk@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">The MoU obliged Iran \u201cto provide safe passage for commercial ships, free of charge, for only 60 days,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cms5yq081000l3j6t6mzscl94@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">Negotiations with Oman over a new regime for the Strait have continued through the month, but are yet to resolve the issue.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/6419244\/Sub_Desktop_V --><\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Iran has not sought negotiations with the United States over the past two weeks and will not relinquish control of the Hormuz Strait, a senior Iranian official said yesterday, hours before the country launched a fresh round of missile attacks against US bases in Jordan. 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