ജൂണിലെ കരാർ പ്രകാരമുള്ള ഏഴ് ഉപാധികൾ അംഗീകരിക്കുന്നത് വരെ ഹോർമുസ് കടലിടുക്ക് തുറക്കില്ലെന്ന് ഇറാൻ വ്യക്തമാക്കി. അമേരിക്കയുടെ ഏകപക്ഷീയമായ ആവശ്യങ്ങൾ അംഗീകരിക്കില്ലെന്നും ഇറാൻ അറിയിച്ചു. ഇതിനിടെ, സൗദി അറേബ്യയിലെ അരാംകോ എണ്ണ ശുദ്ധീകരണശാലയ്ക്ക് നേരെ യെമനിലെ ഹൂതി വിമതർ മിസൈൽ ആക്രമണം നടത്തി. യെമനിലെ സൗദി ആക്രമണങ്ങൾക്കുള്ള തിരിച്ചടിയാണിതെന്ന് ഹൂതികൾ അവകാശപ്പെട്ടു.
Iran accused the US of ‘dragging out the process and dictating one-sided demands’
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Iran has warned that the Strait of Hormuz will remain shut until the conditions it laid out in an interim agreement in June are met, according to Nournews.
Traffic has effectively come to a standstill with attacks in the vicinity of the waterway reported over the weekend.
“The Americans, who say something different in the media, have recently put forward proposals through a mediator. But they must understand that the period of dragging out the process and dictating one-sided demands is over,” Iran’s parliamentary speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf said on Sunday.
“The position of the Islamic Republic of Iran is completely clear and firm, and the Strait of Hormuz will not be opened until our seven conditions, based on the Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding, are met.” The conditions include a lifting of economic sanctions and a complete stop to all hostilities.
Foreign minister Abbas Araghchi said separately on Sunday that a plan put forward by Tehran could lead to the route reopening within seven days if accepted.
Meanwhile, Yemen's Houthis have claimed responsibility for carrying out a ballistic missile attack on the Aramco oil refinery in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
The Houthis said the attack was carried out in retaliation for Saudi attacks on Yemen's Sanaa and other provinces.
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Witnesses reported seeing a large plume of smoke and fire rising near an Aramco installation in Riyadh earlier in the day.
The Houthi military has stated the assault was launched in direct retaliation for recent Saudi coalition airstrikes against Sanaa and other Yemeni provinces.
The reported strike marks a sharp escalation in cross-border targeting following claims last week of Houthi strikes against Aramco assets in Yanbu.
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