US has no choice but to recognize Iran’s 'new order' in Strait of Hormuz: Senior MP
A senior Iranian lawmaker says the United States has no choice but to recognize the Islamic Republic’s new regime governing the Strait of Hormuz following US military strikes that violated the ceasefire agreement with Tehran.
Ebrahim Azizi, head of Parliament's National Security and Foreign Policy Committee, wrote in a post on X, "There is no alternative: Recognize the new Iranian order in the Strait of Hormuz."
Azizi's post came after US forces carried out airstrikes against coastal bases and civilian facilities in Iran's southern Hormozgan Province and the city of Mahshahr in the early hours of Wednesday.
In response, the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) said it had targeted 85 US military sites in Bahrain and Kuwait with missiles and drones, describing the operation as an "initial response" to the US aggression against Iranian territory.
The US Central Command said earlier that the US strikes were carried out in response to what it described as Iranian attacks on three commercial vessels transiting the Strait of Hormuz on Tuesday.
Meanwhile, the IRGC has declared any alternative transit routes "unacceptable and extremely dangerous," saying coordination with its Navy is mandatory for vessels passing through the strategic waterway.
Iran's central military command also warned that it would not allow Washington to interfere in the management of the strategic waterway.
Tehran has said that parts of the Strait of Hormuz lie within Iranian territorial waters and that international law recognizes the sovereignty and jurisdiction of coastal states over their territorial seas.
Wednesday's strikes marked the latest escalation despite a ceasefire that took effect in April and a memorandum of understanding signed by Tehran and Washington last month, which called for a permanent end to hostilities and further negotiations toward a final agreement within 60 days.
US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that the ceasefire is over.
Citing ceasefire violations involving the Strait of Hormuz, the reinstatement of oil sanctions, attacks on southern Iran, and continued Israeli military aggression in Lebanon, Iranian Parliament Speaker and chief negotiator Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf said Washington's actions would fail to weaken Iran's resolve.
Qalibaf said that the "era of bullying and extortion is over. It leads nowhere. We don't fold."
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