Control of the Strait of Hormuz has “returned to its previous state”, Chinese state news agency Xinhua reported on Saturday, citing Tehran’s Fars News Agency.
“Control of the Strait of Hormuz has returned to its previous state … under strict management and control of the armed forces,” the report said.
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Earlier, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, the speaker of the Iranian parliament, had threatened to close the strait again if the US blockade remained in place.
“Passage through the Strait of Hormuz will be conducted based on the ‘designated route’ and with ‘Iranian authorisation’,” Ghalibaf said on social media on Saturday.
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He said that US President Donald Trump gave several statements on Friday on the progress of talks with Iran, all of which were false.
