Iran Rejects Talks, Asserts Hormuz Control Despite US Strike Pause
🛢️ TEHRAN — Iran's answer to the pause is sovereignty, not negotiation. 📌 LOOK CLOSER: Tehran publicly rejecting talks while asserting Hormuz control collapses the "positive" Oman framing from hours ago. This isn't ambiguity — it's a public declaration that the pause bought Iran nothing to negotiate. Washington's Thursday address now has no diplomatic ladder to climb. Gulf hosts and Oman lose credibility as mediators simultaneously.
