The Fars News Agency, which is linked to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), the Iranian Students News Agency (ISNA), and the state broadcaster IRIB, all repeated an IRGC statement claiming that the strategic waterway would return to its “previous status,” with Iranian forces in control of the area.
In the statement, the IRGC accused the United States of engaging in “maritime piracy,” saying what Washington describes as a blockade amounts to piracy at sea.
Iran had earlier warned that it could close the Strait of Hormuz if the United States continued sanctions and pressure targeting Iranian ports.
Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, who also led the Iranian delegation in recent talks with the United States in Islamabad, Pakistan, wrote on X that if the U.S. continued what he called pressure on Iranian ports, the strait “would not remain open.”
He echoed earlier remarks by Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmail Baghaei, who said that whether the strait remains open or closed, and the rules governing it, would depend on developments on the ground rather than media discussions.
Their comments came after Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi posted on X in English that “all commercial shipping lanes” in the Strait of Hormuz would remain “fully open for the rest of the ceasefire period.”
Araghchi’s remarks drew sharp criticism from some Iranian media outlets and hardline figures, who demanded that he “clarify” his statement.
