Iranian Official Says Hormuz Will Stay Closed and Rejects Nuclear Concessions
On September 25, 2026, a senior Iranian official told Reuters that the Strait of Hormuz would remain closed until the United States met all of Iran’s conditions. The official said Tehran would make no concessions on its nuclear program, and a contemporaneous alert reported that Iran would not hold nuclear talks with Washington until those conditions were met, even if the United States accepted Iran’s proposal to reopen the waterway. The sources describe an Iranian position and do not independently verify the physical status of every vessel transit.
Reuters directly reports that a senior Iranian official said the Strait of Hormuz would remain closed until the United States met Iran’s conditions, while a near-contemporaneous alert reported that Iran would not engage in nuclear talks or make nuclear concessions under the current conditions. This is a material geopolitical and energy-supply development because it reduces the near-term probability of a negotiated reopening and may prolong shipping, feedstock and LNG disruption. The event remains an official negotiating position rather than independently verified evidence that every vessel transit is blocked, and the exact statement time is inferred from the Reuters publication timestamp. Importance is therefore high but below that of a confirmed new military escalation or formal sanctions action; surprise is meaningful because it followed reports that U.S.-Iran discussions had entered a technical phase. The prior event matching is retained: this is a distinct September 25 statement that advances both the existing Iran-U.S. diplomatic standoff and the ongoing Strait of Hormuz crisis, while adding an explicit rejection of nuclear concessions. Approved stakeholders are limited to companies with explicit exposure in the supplied context to Hormuz-dependent feedstocks, LNG replacement demand, rerouted tanker traffic or shipping diversions; more speculative insurance, advisory and comparative-beneficiary exposures are excluded.
The official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the waterway would remain closed until “all of Iran’s conditions are met” by the United States.
Iran will show no flexibility over its nuclear program even if the United States accepts its proposal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, which calls for steps including the lifting of a US naval blockade on Iranian ports, a senior Iranian official told Reuters on Friday.
SENIOR IRANIAN OFFICIAL TO REUTERS: STRAIT OF HORMUZ WILL REMAIN CLOSED, NO NUCLEAR TALKS WITH UNITED STATES UNTIL IRAN'S CONDITIONS MET
BREAKING: Iran says Strait of Hormuz will remain closed and no nuclear talks with US until its conditions are met