Iran War Updates: Iran says strait won't open until the U.S. 'corrects' behavior

Iran targeted a vessel owned by the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company in the Strait of Hormuz on Saturday, despite ongoing talks with Oman over how to manage the disputed waterway.

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi on Saturday said talks with Oman were "approaching the final stages," but cautioned that "this is not a sign of the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz."

The Supreme National Security Council of Iran issued a list of highly unlikely demands from the U.S. in order to fully reopen the Strait of Hormuz, saying the U.S. must never threaten Iran again, end the blockade, withdraw all military assets from the region, lift sanctions, unfreeze assets and compensate Iran for war damages.

Iran's state broadcaster published the statement by the council's secretary, Mohammad Bagher Zolghadr, who is also a commander in the powerful Revolutionary Guard.

The U.S. must never threaten Iran again, the statement said, and must permanently end the war with Iran and its armed allies in the region.

The Revolutionary Guards, the ideological arm of the Iranian military, underscored the point on Saturday, saying, "The opening of the Strait of Hormuz has its own mechanism and has nothing to do with the negotiations between Iran and Oman."

"The enemy is forced to accept Iran's conditions for the opening of the strait and to refrain from the interference that it is currently making in the negotiations - which have almost reached their end - between Iran, Oman and other countries," it continued.

The UAE foreign ministry in a statement condemned what it called a "hostile Iranian attack that targeted a tanker belonging to ADNOC with a missile while it was transiting the Strait of Hormuz, without causing casualties."

The renewed U.S. blockade on the Strait of Hormuz has redirected 53 ships trying to enter or exit Iranian ports, according to U.S. Central Command.