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'No Return to Pre-War Status': Ghalibaf Asserts Iran Will Permanently Administer Strait of Hormuz
Iran’s chief negotiator Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf has announced that the Strait of Hormuz will permanently remain under Tehran's administration following breakthrough talks in Switzerland. Backed by Qatari and Pakistani mediators, the U.S. and Iran have established emergency communication lines to protect commercial shipping, while Washington suspended oil sanctions in exchange for the return of UN nuclear inspectors to Iran.
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by News Desk
2026-06-23
'No Return to Pre-War Status': Ghalibaf Asserts Iran Will Permanently Administer Strait of Hormuz

Detailed Report

  • The Permanent Administration Claim: In the immediate wake of the high-stakes Swiss diplomatic summit, Iran's chief negotiator and parliamentary speaker, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, declared on Tuesday, June 23, 2026, that the Strait of Hormuz will permanently remain under the direct administration of Tehran. Speaking to state media outlet IRNA upon his return via a diplomatic stopover in Oman—which co-shares the strategic maritime choke point—Ghalibaf asserted that the waterway would never return to its pre-war operational status. He maintained that Iran's long-term oversight of the channel would be executed strictly in accordance with international law.

  • The Burgenstock Summit Breakthroughs: The declaration follows intense, multi-lateral negotiations held at the luxury Burgenstock resort in Switzerland. Ghalibaf characterized the initial round of talks as a major success, citing critical progress across four core geopolitical vectors: maritime transit rights in the Strait, a definitive framework to halt the conflict in Lebanon, the extraction of immediate U.S. sanctions waivers on petrochemicals, and the scheduled release of billions in frozen Iranian state assets.

  • The U.S. Sanctions Rollover and Nuclear Trade-Off: The economic concessions from Washington were underscored by U.S. Vice President JD Vance, who confirmed that the Biden-Trump administration has formally suspended sweeping sanctions on Iranian crude oil exports. In exchange for this immediate fiscal relief and the unfreezing of restricted funds, Tehran has agreed to allow United Nations nuclear inspectors from the IAEA to fully return to the country. Despite the rapid implementation of these confidence-building measures, Ghalibaf struck a cautious tone on his Telegram channel, reminding state officials that the diplomatic apparatus is only at the beginning of a highly complex legislative and geopolitical stabilization process.
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