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Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/08/world/middleeast/iran-us-oman-strait-of-hormuz.html
Iran Issues a List of Demands
(New York Times) Yeganeh Torbati - Mohammad Bagher Zolghadr, secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, issued a statement carried by state media on Saturday laying out multiple requirements for reopening the Strait of Hormuz to maritime traffic. He called for the U.S. to lift its naval blockade and sanctions on Iran, withdraw the U.S. military from around Iran, pay war reparations and release frozen Iranian assets, as well as end attacks on Iran's allies in the region and threats against the country. On Saturday, the Emirati Foreign Ministry said an Iranian attack had targeted a tanker belonging to the state-owned Abu Dhabi National Oil Company as it crossed the Strait of Hormuz. The company said on Friday that at least 15 of its vessels were attacked in the waterway since the conflict began.