Iran has ruled out fully reopening the Strait of Hormuz until the United States changes its policies and behaviour toward Tehran and meets a series of demands, including ending military action, lifting sanctions and compensating Iran for war-related damage.

Mohammad Bagher Zolghadr, secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council (SNSC), said on Saturday that Tehran would not make concessions that undermine what it considers the rights of the Iranian people.

“The SNSC will never back down, whether in war or in negotiations,” Zolghadr said in a message addressed to Iranian media on the occasion of Journalist’s Day.

He outlined six conditions that Iran considers necessary for restoring normal transit through the strategic waterway.

Tehran wants Washington to refrain from threats and insults against Iran, permanently end its military campaign against Iran and its regional allies, lift its naval blockade and sanctions, return frozen Iranian assets and pay compensation for damage caused by the conflict.

Iran has restricted shipping through the Strait of Hormuz since the start of the US-Israeli war against Iran on February 28.

The waterway is a critical global energy corridor, carrying about a fifth of the world’s oil consumption.

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said on Saturday that an agreement with Oman on navigation was close, but stressed that such an understanding would not automatically lead to the full reopening of the strait.

He said normal transit would depend on additional conditions, particularly US compensation for what Tehran considers Washington’s violations of the Islamabad MoU.

Oman said talks were continuing in a “positive and constructive atmosphere” and condemned attacks on vessels in the waterway.

Brigadier General Hossein Mohebi, spokesman for Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, also said the reopening of Hormuz depended on Washington accepting Tehran’s conditions and ending what Iran describes as US interference in regional affairs.