Iran: Will implement a "permanent mechanism to control the Strait of Hormuz," the United States is not negotiating sincerely.

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The countdown to the US blockade of the Strait of Hormuz has begun, and the Iranian side has issued a tough response.

According to a comprehensive Xinhua News Agency report on Monday, the spokesman for Iran’s Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters of the Armed Forces said on the 13th: In the face of threats, Iran will resolutely implement the “permanent mechanism to control the Strait of Hormuz.” Enemy vessels now and in the future have no right to pass through the Strait of Hormuz; other vessels will continue to be allowed passage but must comply with the regulations of the Iranian Armed Forces.

According to CCTV’s international news, on April 12 local time, Ibrahim Azizi, head of the Iranian Parliament’s National Security Committee, said in an interview that on April 11-12 in Islamabad, Pakistan, the Americans were not conducting sincere negotiations. Instead, the US tried to use negotiations and diplomatic terms as cover to impose its will on Iran. Azizi said Iran engaged with the US from a position of distrust and was steadfast in defending the Iranian people’s interests on the nuclear issue, the Strait of Hormuz, lifting sanctions, and claims for compensation—when the US saw Iran’s resolve, they backed down.

Additionally, according to CCTV News, on the 13th local time, Iranian Islamic Parliament Deputy Speaker Nikzad stated that Iran had originally planned to dilute 450 kg of enriched uranium to show goodwill. Nikzad revealed the plan was for Iran, the US, and Saudi Arabia to set up a joint body within Iran to handle the dilution, but the US ultimately broke the agreement. Nikzad criticized that the US even proposed to establish a legal system in the Strait of Hormuz and the Persian Gulf, including itself, and questioned: "What exactly do you want to do in the Strait of Hormuz and the Persian Gulf?"

Blockading Iran at sea? Iranian side: Trump is “blustering”

Previously, Trump announced that at 10 a.m. US Eastern Time on April 13 (10 p.m. Beijing time tonight), the US military would implement a blockade against Iran and start clearing Iranian sea mines. Shipping through the Strait of Hormuz was interrupted, with at least two ships originally heading out of the strait turning around.

In response to this threat, Xinhua News Agency reported, quoting the Iranian Student News Agency on the 13th, that a spokesman for Iran's Supreme National Security Council said, U.S. President Trump’s talk of a maritime blockade against Iran was “bluster.”

The spokesman said: "If you want to improve the situation, respect the Iranian people and accept defeat. Do not try to get at the negotiating table what you could not win in war. Perhaps we will reveal other cards we have not yet played."

Expert interpretation: Limited practical effect of the US naval blockade of Iran

Does the United States have the capability to blockade all maritime traffic entering and leaving Iranian ports? How is this different from Iran’s blockade of the Strait of Hormuz?

According to a Monday article by CCTV News, Li Zixin, Assistant Fellow at the China Institute of International Studies, believes that the current US military buildup in the Middle East is the largest since the Iraq War, theoretically giving it the capability to implement a maritime blockade of Iran. But such a blockade faces multiple constraints: Iran has a long coastline and complex geography, making a comprehensive blockade require continuous large numbers of naval vessels, with enormous logistical consumption.

For the US, already engaged in multiple conflicts in the Middle East, this would be a heavy burden. US allies also refuse to participate, which may leave the US acting alone.

Li Zixin states: The actual effectiveness of a US blockade may fall short of expectations. Iran is connected by land to neighboring countries, so basic trade could be maintained via land routes. There are still differences between the US blockade of Iran and Iran’s blockade of the Strait of Hormuz.

The US blockade is a form of external sanction designed to cut off Iran’s oil revenue and force Iran to yield. Iran’s blockade uses the strait as a key bargaining chip against US-led aggression.

Houthi forces: If the US and Israel resume attacking Iran militarily, we will escalate in “effective military actions”

Yemen's Houthi forces stated on the 12th that if the US and Israel resume military strikes against Iran and the “resistance front,” they will escalate their participation in “effective military operations.”

According to Xinhua News Agency, the Houthis said in a statement via Saba News Agency that the US is trying to impose goals in negotiations that it could not achieve by military confrontation. The US’s escalatory rhetoric reveals the failure and ineffectiveness of previous military options. President Trump and his allies tried to overthrow the Iranian regime in previous operations, and now seek to “open up” the Strait of Hormuz, but this goal will also not be achieved. Any new US escalations in the region will have a negative impact on supply chains, energy prices, and the global economy.

Previously, on the 9th, Houthi leader Abdul-Malik al-Houthi said persistent Israeli aggression against Lebanon could lead to renewed conflict and that the Houthis have “completely and decisively prevented Israel and the US from using the Red Sea for hostile military purposes.”

On that day, Abdul-Malik spoke via the Houthi-controlled al-Masirah TV, stating the US and Israel had launched large-scale aggression, committed “crimes against humanity,” but failed to achieve their objectives.

He stated that even if the current confrontation reaches a pause under future negotiations, it does not mean the end of conflict, much less the end of the Israeli threat; continued Israeli aggression against Lebanon could trigger a renewed full-scale conflict.

Abdul-Malik said that efforts at political negotiation can only succeed if Israel ceases aggression against Lebanon and all members of the “axis of resistance,” and promises not to violate Iranian airspace. “Israel must not be allowed to forcibly establish its own ‘rules of wanton aggression’ in this region.”

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