{"id":218220,"date":"2026-07-25T18:03:07","date_gmt":"2026-07-25T18:03:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/iran-blames-us-for-hormuz-dispute-as-both-sides-confirm-ongoing-talks-al-jazeera\/"},"modified":"2026-07-25T18:03:07","modified_gmt":"2026-07-25T18:03:07","slug":"iran-blames-us-for-hormuz-dispute-as-both-sides-confirm-ongoing-talks-al-jazeera","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/iran-blames-us-for-hormuz-dispute-as-both-sides-confirm-ongoing-talks-al-jazeera\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran blames US for Hormuz dispute as both sides confirm ongoing talks – Al Jazeera"},"content":{"rendered":"

Iran reports no new US strikes overnight into Saturday for the first time in two weeks.<\/em>
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Iran has accused the United States of trying to force open a new route through the Strait of Hormuz, bypassing Iranian authorities, a move it says violates the two countries\u2019 interim peace deal and caused tensions there to spike.
Iran\u2019s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi made the remarks in an interview published by Iranian media on Saturday, saying the US-Iran Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed in June<\/a> gives Tehran the right to set transit routes and mechanisms for the strategic waterway.
Araghchi said Washington should have consulted with Tehran regarding any new routes, adding that the two sides had agreed to open a direct line of communication to resolve such disputes.<\/p>\n

Araghchi\u2019s remarks came amid some signs of de-escalation between the US and Iran, after weeks of strikes against each other\u2019s interests all but destroyed their interim deal.
Al Jazeera\u2019s Resul Serdar, reporting from Tehran, said there had been \u201cno direct attacks\u201d<\/a> by the US on major Iranian cities overnight on Saturday, a break from nearly two straight weeks of nightly strikes.
\u201cIran had a peaceful night\u201d, Iran\u2019s health ministry spokesperson, Hossein Kermanpour, said in a post on X.
Meanwhile, US President Donald Trump appeared to soften on an earlier threat to carry out new \u201cmassive\u201d attacks on Iran, saying that may no longer be necessary.
\u201cThey [Iranian officials] are talking to us right now; they\u2019d love to make a deal,\u201d Trump said on Friday night. \u201cI don\u2019t think they\u2019re ready to \u2026 but I\u2019m willing to listen.\u201d
Iranian officials have confirmed to Al Jazeera that the US and Iran are exchanging messages.
\u201cThere have been proposals conveyed by the mediators, and Tehran is still reviewing them,\u201d said Serdar.
However, he said there is \u201cnot much progress yet\u201d, citing \u201cfundamental differences\u201d in their positions and deep \u201cmistrust\u201d.
Control over the Strait of Hormuz has become a central point of contention<\/a> between the US and Iran.
Iran claims it has the right to oversee passage through the strait under the MoU, calling on vessels to coordinate with its authorities and use designated routes. The US disputes this interpretation and has repeatedly said Iran does not control the strait.<\/p>\n

With Iranian forces attacking ships<\/a> it accuses of \u201cviolating\u201d its arrangements in the strait, the US military has reimposed its own blockade of Iranian ports.
On Friday, US Central Command spokesman Tim Hawkins told Al Jazeera the US had \u201cdisabled\u201d a tanker that repeatedly tried to breach the US blockade and ignored US warnings.
On Thursday, the US military claimed it had redirected a total of 12 vessels and \u201cdisabled\u201d another since restarting the blockade on July 14.
Former Austrian Defence Attache Wolfgang Pusztai said the US is using all forms of strategy with Iran, including diplomacy, economic pressure through its blockade and military action.
\u201cAll three of them are coordinated in a way to achieve the strategic objectives of the United States. This means, first and foremost, right now an opening of the Strait of Hormuz,\u201d Pusztai told Al Jazeera.
\u201cThere is some kind of hot and cold approach in order to facilitate the wish, the desire of the Iranians to achieve an end to the whole war. So one night they are bombarded, one night they are not bombarded.\u201d
Iran\u2019s Houthi allies in Yemen have also waded into the conflict, disrupting traffic in another vital shipping artery, the Bab al-Mandeb strait.
The Saudi-led Coalition Joint Forces Command on Friday claimed attacks on Yemen\u2019s Houthi-held city of Hodeidah, saying all targets bombed were \u201clinked to threats against commercial shipping in the Red Sea\u201d.
On Saturday, Saudi Arabia\u2019s Civil Defence said sirens sounded multiple times in the country\u2019s Yanbu and Jizan provinces, which house crucial oil facilities on the Red Sea. Houthi spokesman Yahya Saree claimed the group carried out attacks on facilities linked with Saudi state oil firm Aramco in the area.
The Saudi civil defence said the sirens were because of a \u201cpotential danger\u201d that was later lifted, without providing further details.<\/p>\n

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