Iran says there is 'still a distance' to peace deal as Hormuz closure halts shipping - BERITAJA

Progress has been made towards a bid woody pinch immoderate issues “concluded,” Iranian Parliamentary Speaker Mohammad-Bagher Ghalibaf said, but he warned Iran still has a “complete distrust” of the U.S. negotiators.

Speaking connected authorities TV connected Saturday night, Ghalibaf, who besides serves arsenic Iran's main negotiator, said officials had “stated our demands firmly,” adding: "Some issues successful the negotiations person been concluded, while others person not, location is still a region to a last agreement."

"There must beryllium a guarantee that this rhythm of war, ceasefire and speech will not beryllium repeated," he said.

His comments came arsenic faltering diplomacy betwixt the 2 sides saw Iran reimpose ‘strict control’ complete the Strait of Hormuz connected Saturday, citing a continued U.S. naval blockade of Iranian ports, conscionable 1 time aft declaring the waterway “completely open” nether the existent ceasefire.

Iranian officials later said that caller U.S. proposals were nether review, but location is still nary day group for the next information of negotiations arsenic some sides waste and acquisition nationalist warnings, pinch the existent two-week ceasefire group to extremity connected Wednesday.

Ghalibaf said Hormuz had been closed arsenic the U.S. was only "partially implementing the ceasefire," saying the strait will stay closed if the "naval blockade against america continues."

"If the ceasefire is not implemented, we will not proceed negotiations, and we will commencement the war," he said.

Two lipid tankers were forced to move backmost successful the Strait of Hormuz connected Sunday, Iran’s semi-official Tasmin news agency reported.

The tankers, sailing nether the flags of Botswana and Angola, had intended to walk done the strait, the study said, but were forced to alteration course.

President Donald Trump convened a Cabinet gathering successful the business room Saturday greeting to talk the Strait of Hormuz and the business successful Iran, according to 2 U.S. officials pinch knowledge of the meeting.

He had earlier said that his management was presently talking to Iran, and that talks were going “very well.”

But Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said Sunday that Trump was seeking to contradict Iran its "nuclear rights," and that Iran was trying to extremity the warfare "with afloat dignity."

"If a quality being does not take sides himself, he is dead," he said. "They attacked us, and we defended."

Maritime authorities reported Saturday gunfire and a projectile onslaught involving Indian vessels successful the strait. Iranian authorities media has confirmed that shots were fired adjacent the 2 Indian ships to unit them to move back.

Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps warned vessels against approaching the Strait of Hormuz, which it said would beryllium considered "cooperation pinch the enemy," adding that "any violating vessels would beryllium targeted."

The Trump management said its blockade of Iranian ports remains successful force, pinch much than 20 ships turned backmost since Monday.

Following a acme of 51 countries that was co-chaired by France and the U.K. connected Friday, French President Emmanuel Macron and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer “called for the unconditional, unrestricted, and contiguous re-opening of the Strait of Hormuz.”

They besides announced a associated neutral ngo to supply reassurance to merchant vessels successful the region.