Iran’s Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the United Nations (UN) Office in Geneva, Ali Bahreini, has announced that the Strait of Hormuz is fully open to commercial vessels without any charges.
Bahreini made the statement on Tuesday, adding that the situation would be reviewed after 60 days depending on the outcome of ongoing negotiations between Iran and the United States (U.S.).
Iranian and U.S. negotiators recently concluded the first round of talks on implementing the Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), signed by both sides in Switzerland last week.
Under the agreement, Iranian assets frozen by the U.S. would be released, Bahreini said.
“Iran is the only country that decides what to do with those assets, and there would be no role for any other country or entity to determine how those assets should be used by Iran,” he said.
The Iranian envoy also dismissed claims by the U.S. that Tehran had agreed to allow inspectors from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to return to the country.
“No, there hasn’t been such a decision or even such a discussion,” Bahreini said, adding that talks on Iran’s nuclear activities would be addressed at a later stage.
He described reports suggesting that Iran had agreed to the return of IAEA inspectors as inaccurate.
SOURCE: NAN
