IRGC Sets Conditions for Reopening Strait of Hormuz as Pezeshkian Calls for End to 'Neither War Nor Peace'

Al Jazeera reported on Sunday, August 9, 2026 that Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has set conditions for reopening the Strait of Hormuz, including an end to the United States' naval blockade and compensation for war damages. In the same report, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said he hopes Oman-mediated talks will yield results and called for the country to move past a state of "neither war nor peace." The remarks come amid ongoing Iran-Oman-US talks over shipping arrangements through the strait.