Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has declared that the Strait of Hormuz will not be reopened as long as the United States continues what it describes as threats and interference in regional maritime traffic.
The statement, reported by New Straits Times, marks a hardening of Tehran's position on the world's most critical oil transit chokepoint, explicitly tying the restoration of safe passage to a cessation of US naval and diplomatic pressure.
The IRGC's comments follow a series of escalating warnings from Iranian military branches.
Earlier this week, the Iranian Army stated that the Strait would not be reopened through military force, while the IRGC previously declared the waterway would remain closed until the US ceased acts of aggression.
This latest pronouncement reinforces the regime's unified front, signaling that diplomatic de-escalation is a prerequisite for any normalization of shipping routes.
For global energy markets, the Strait of Hormuz remains a focal point of risk.