What you need to know
- The Revolutionary Guard says Iran will reopen the Strait of Hormuz once the US accepts its conditions
- The Guards also say the strategic waterway's reopening does not depend on how talks with Oman develop
- The UAE says Iran targeted tanker transiting in Hormuz
Keep reading for the latest developments on the conflict in the Middle East on Saturday, August 8, 2026:
Iran says US must agree to its terms before it reopens Hormuz
The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said Saturday that Iran will reopen the Strait of Hormuz after the United States agrees to its terms.
On Friday, an American official said progress in talks between Iran and Oman could lead to the reopening of the strait. Hormuz has been largely closed to maritime traffic for months as Iran and the US each impose their own blockades.
While Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi on Saturday said talks with Oman were nearing their "final stages," he warned that progress was "not a sign" that the strait's reopening was imminent.
"The reopening of the Strait of Hormuz is subject to other conditions and compensation for the violation of the memorandum of understanding by the United States," Araghchi said, referring to a June agreement between Washington and Tehran.
On Saturday, Iran's Tasnim news agency, which is affiliated with the IRGC, reported that Guards spokesman Hossein Mohebbi said that Hormuz's reopening "is subject to the specific mechanisms and conditions of the Islamic Republic of Iran and is not related to the negotiations between Iran and Oman."
"The enemy is forced to accept Iran's conditions for the opening of the strait and to refrain from the interference that it is currently making in the negotiations — which have almost reached their end — between Iran, Oman and other countries," Mohebbi said.
Traffic through the strait, which was the conduit for 20% of the world's oil and gas before the war, has been severely restricted since the war began five months ago.
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The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has said that Iran will reopen the Strait of Hormuz on the condition that the United States accepts its terms in full.
The Guards have also said ongoing talks with Oman, its neighbor across the strait, would not have any bearing on whether Tehran lifts its blockade of Hormuz.
The UAE said Saturday that one of its tankers was targeted while trying to sail through the strait.
We will bring you more on these stories and more on the war between the US and Iran and the rest of the region.