Iran’s Parliament Speaker and head of the nuclear negotiating team, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, issued a stern warning to the Washington administration following the US attacks on Tehran. Ghalibaf told the US, “Either keep your promises or pay a price.”
On Sunday, Ghalibaf shared an image of a document containing Article 5 of the memorandum of understanding between Iran and the US on his X account. He accompanied the post with the note “The era of unilateral agreements is over,” making this statement.
On Sunday night, mutual military strikes occurred between Tehran and Washington. Immediately after these strikes, Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps announced that the Strait of Hormuz was closed to maritime traffic until further notice due to “security instability caused by foreign interference.”
The Persian Gulf region has been witnessing escalating tensions since the outbreak of military clashes between the US-Israel and Iran on February 28. The parties had signed a memorandum of understanding on June 18, and negotiations for a final agreement were ongoing with mediation by Qatar and Pakistan.