REZAEI CLARIFIED THAT TEHRAN WILL NOT OPEN THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ BEFORE ITS SEVEN CONDITIONS ARE MET AND THAT IT WILL NOT HOLD ANY NEGOTIATIONS REGARDING THIS DECISION

Iranian official Rezaei stated that Tehran will not reopen the Strait of Hormuz until its seven conditions are satisfied and that it will not negotiate over that decision. The headline signals that a key maritime chokepoint remains constrained with no near-term timeline for normalization, removing a diplomatic path that markets had potentially priced in. The transmission channel runs through supply risk and insurance costs: Hormuz carries a large share of global seaborne crude and LNG flows, so any extended restriction tightens prompt supply expectations and lifts war-risk premiums for tanker and container transit. Crude benchmarks, Gulf-linked shipping and tanker equities, and regional sovereign debt are most directly exposed, while energy-importing Asian economies face terms-of-trade pressure. Traders should watch Tuesday's weekly EIA inventory report and any Gulf shipping-tracker data on transit volumes for evidence of whether flows are actually being diverted or delayed.

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