{"id":219987,"date":"2026-08-09T16:09:11","date_gmt":"2026-08-09T16:09:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/iran-makes-new-strait-demands-the-uae-says-a-ship-was-targeted-and-other-middle-east-news-nbc-news\/"},"modified":"2026-08-09T16:09:11","modified_gmt":"2026-08-09T16:09:11","slug":"iran-makes-new-strait-demands-the-uae-says-a-ship-was-targeted-and-other-middle-east-news-nbc-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/iran-makes-new-strait-demands-the-uae-says-a-ship-was-targeted-and-other-middle-east-news-nbc-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran makes new strait demands, the UAE says a ship was targeted and other Middle East news – NBC News"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Iran<\/a> issued dramatic new demands around the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz<\/a>, and the United Arab Emirates said one of its ships was targeted by an Iranian missile. Yemen\u2019s military attacked the country\u2019s Iranian-backed Houthi rebels. And Turkey\u2019s Kurdish peace bill won approval in parliament.
Iran\u2019s politburo-like body known as the Supreme National Security Council said the Strait of Hormuz will not open until the United States \u201ccorrects its behavior,\u201d issuing new demands that could shake up talks on a deal to manage the waterway and traffic on it.
Iran\u2019s state broadcaster published the statement by the council\u2019s secretary, Mohammad Bagher Zolghadr, who is also a commander in the powerful Revolutionary Guard.
The United States must never threaten Iran again, the statement said, and must permanently end the war with Iran and its armed allies in the region. The U.S. must lift the naval blockade of Iranian ports and withdraw its military from the area. It also must \u201ccompletely compensate\u201d Iran for war damage, lift sanctions and \u201cunconditionally\u201d release frozen assets.
There was no immediate comment from the U.S., which has wanted an acceptable deal first on the strait before ending the blockade. According to the interim deal<\/a> signed in June, a schedule to end sanctions and plan on compensation would be part of the final deal, and negotiations would address frozen assets.
The end of a 60-day period to negotiate a final deal will end in just over a week but could be extended.
Iran has said it was close to reaching a separate deal<\/a> with Oman to manage the strait, which runs between the two countries.
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi earlier Saturday said they were close to reaching an agreement on navigation, \u201cspecifically the determination of a transit route.\u201d But the waterway\u2019s reopening is contingent on other conditions, he said in remarks shared on social media, and blamed the situation on what he called the U.S. violation of the interim deal.
Oman, a mediator Gulf Arab country which has said relatively little on the talks, said in a statement Saturday that the discussions were ongoing \u201cin a positive and constructive atmosphere,\u201d and condemned attacks on ships on the strait.
The strait, crucial to global supplies of oil and natural gas, had been considered an international waterway before the war. Ship transits remain low.
A vessel owned by Abu Dhabi\u2019s state-owned ADNOC oil and gas company was attacked while transiting the Strait of Hormuz, Emirati authorities said earlier Saturday. The Foreign Ministry said Iran fired the missile as part of attacks on commercial shipping.
ADNOC in a statement said there were no casualties following the attack early Saturday. The company said over a dozen of its vessels have been attacked by missiles and drones while transiting the strait since the U.S. and Israel launched the war on Iran in February. One crew member has been killed and 20 others wounded, it said.
ADNOC didn\u2019t elaborate on the attack\u2019s location or any damage.
Later, the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations Center said a vessel east of the town of Khasab, Oman, had been struck by a projectile that caused a fire that was put out, with the vessel and crew safe. It was not clear whether this was the ADNOC incident.
The attacks were in response to the Houthis\u2019 recent strikes in central and eastern Yemen. Col. Majed al-Nazili, spokesperson for Yemen\u2019s military, said the attacks targeted the rebels\u2019 \u201csites and capabilities\u201d on multiple front lines, without elaborating.
The escalation between the Houthis and Yemen\u2019s internationally recognized government and its backer, a Saudi-supported coalition<\/a>, threatens to reignite Yemen\u2019s civil war following a 2022 truce.
A Turkish draft law aimed at advancing a peace effort with the country\u2019s Kurdish insurgents passed its first hurdle in parliament on Saturday. A committee approved the measure. It is expected to be approved in the general assembly next week.
Last year, the Kurdistan Workers\u2019 Party<\/a>, or PKK, declared its decision to disarm and disband as part of the peace initiative aimed at ending the decades-long conflict with the Turkish state.
The draft legislation defines the procedures for the group\u2019s disarmament and rehabilitation of some PKK members. The measures would come into effect once Turkey\u2019s National Security Council confirms that the group has disbanded and surrendered all weapons<\/a>.
The conflict has killed tens of thousands of people since it began in the 1980s. Turkey and its Western allies consider the group a terrorist organization.
The Associated Press
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