Washington should accept Tehran\u2019s terms or face a stalemate after the failed talks, Ebrahim Azizi has told RT<\/p>\n
Iran will levy tolls on ships from \u2018hostile\u2019 countries crossing the Strait of Hormuz as compensation for damage caused by sanctions and US-Israeli strikes, Ebrahim Azizi, the head of the Iranian Parliament\u2019s National Security and Foreign Policy Committee, has said.
\nSpeaking to RT on Sunday following US-Iran talks in Islamabad that ended in an impasse, Azizi said Washington should accept Tehran\u2019s terms because it needs a deal \u201cmore than we do,\u201d and that many Iranians are unhappy that Tehran even entered into negotiations.\u00a0
\n\u201cWhen they need it, they should accept both the conditions and the prerequisites. If they don\u2019t, we\u2019ll do our work and go our own way. Nothing will change,\u201d he added.
\nUS President Donald Trump has refused to rule out resuming \u201climited\u201d strikes against Iran after ordering a naval blockade and threatening to deny safe passage to any ships that have complied with Tehran\u2019s fees and rules for transiting the Strait of Hormuz.<\/p>\n
According to Azizi, a draft bill being drawn up in the Iranian parliament would stipulate that \u201cthose who have caused us damage, those who are in fact liable to pay compensation, may only cross the Strait of Hormuz if they pay their damages and compensation.\u201d
\nReferring to countries that have frozen Iranian assets \u201con the orders of America,\u201d he said: \u201cYou made a great mistake by blocking them. Now you also want to cross this waterway? That era is over.\u201d
\nOnce approved, the law will require the government to establish a new \u201cmanagement and control system\u201d for the strait and the Persian Gulf, based on environmental safety, security, and services, Azizi said. Any vessel wishing to enter would then have to pay tolls \u201cbased on the national interests of Iran,\u201d with specific fees and procedures to be set later by the cabinet rather than by parliament.<\/p>\n
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Tehran remains deeply skeptical of Washington\u2019s intentions, even after ceasefire-related preconditions were discussed, Azizi said. \u201cWe simply do not trust them,\u201d he stated, questioning how a country that \u201celevates arrogance and colonialism to a guiding principle\u201d could be expected to honor its agreements.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Washington should accept Tehran\u2019s terms or face a stalemate after the failed talks, Ebrahim Azizi has told RT Iran will levy tolls on ships from \u2018hostile\u2019 countries crossing the Strait…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":33083,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":[],"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[4,6,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-33082","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-economy","category-environment","category-politics"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t