Iranian Parliament Speaker Qalibaf Says Hormuz Will Not Reopen Until Tehran’s Conditions Are Met

This is a new, explicit statement by Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf that makes reopening the Strait of Hormuz conditional on Tehran’s demands, creating forward-looking implications for maritime access, energy transportation and regional security rather than merely describing market performance. The importance remains high because Hormuz is a strategic energy chokepoint, but it is below the maximum level because the statement does not independently verify a new operational closure. The statement is materially surprising against recent reports of recovering transit, although ongoing conflict and prior conditional reopening proposals make it less than an outright shock. Confidence is high for the speaker, substance and date, while the exact occurrence time is estimated from the relay timestamp and the operational status of the strait remains unverified. The development is a continuation of the existing Strait of Hormuz crisis represented by event 1255 and is not a duplicate of the prior transit-recovery report; approved stakeholders are limited to companies with documented direct exposure to route disruption, fuel/feedstock costs, shipping demand or replacement-product markets.