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Parliament speaker Ghalibaf said the waterway would remain closed until Washington lifted its naval blockade, released frozen Iranian assets and dropped oil sanctions, as an unidentified projectile hit a ship transiting the strait, causing at least one casualty.
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projectile → say → casualty
Iran's top negotiator said the Strait of Hormuz would not open until the US lifted its naval blockade and released frozen Iranian assets, as a ship was hit by a projectile in the strait with a crew member reported as a casualty.
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member → say → casualty
Parliament speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf said on Tuesday that the crucial waterway will remain shut to cargo traffic until Washington meets Tehran's demands.
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Washington → say → demands
"I want to state clearly that the Strait of Hormuz will not be opened until the American commitments stipulated in the memorandum of understanding... are implemented," Ghalibaf said in a speech broadcast on state-run TV.
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Ghalibaf → want → TV
He listed the end to the blockade, the lifting of oil sanctions and unfreezing of Iran's assets abroad among Tehran's demands.
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He → list → demands
Meanwhile, an unidentified projectile damaged the engine room of a ship and “resulted in a crew casualty” early Tuesday morning as the vessel was trying to transit the Strait of Hormuz off the coast of Oman, the UKMTO said, citing a report from the company's security office.
The maritime monitoring agency did not release any details about the ship or its cargo, and it was not clear whether the crew member was killed in the attack or wounded.
It said the Omani Coast Guard was assisting other crew members and that authorities were investigating.
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authorities → damage → members
There has been growing concern about oil spilling into the Persian Gulf and other area waters from vessels damaged as they have attempted to transit the strait, but the UKMTO said no environmental damage had been reported in the latest attack.
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damage → grow → attack
Tehran's forces effectively closed the strait — through which roughly one-fifth of the world’s traded oil supplies passed before the war — after Israel and the US attacked Iran on 28 February.
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Israel → close → February
The US is also currently blockading all Iranian shipping traffic through the strait.
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US → blockade → strait
With negotiations between the two sides at war stalled, Tehran has been holding separate talks with Oman on a plan to manage ships transiting the strait, and said Monday it was finalising details for a joint statement.
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it → stall → statement
US President Donald Trump reacted angrily, reportedly telling Fox News in a telephone interview that the US would bomb "the s*** out of" Oman if it “gets in the way”.
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it → react → way
Trump also provoked a fiery response from Tehran after he said last Friday that he would soon be declaring the strait "a territory of the United States".
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strait → provoke → States
Responding to the comments in a post on X, Iran's Deputy Foreign Minister Kazem Gharibabadi said that "the Strait of Hormuz has been Iranian, is Iranian, and will remain Iranian."
"This strait will only be closed and opened under Iran's command, and as long as you do not accept the reality of defeat and cease your fanciful delusions, Iran will continue to enforce the blockade," Gharibabadi added.
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Gharibabadi → respond → blockade
The Strait of Hormuz is roughly 35 kilometres wide at its narrowest, meaning both Iran and Oman operate the waterway.
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Iran → mean → waterway
Muscat has maintained diplomatic relations with both Iran and the US throughout the war as a neutral mediator.
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Muscat → maintain → mediator
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