Iran Signals No Imminent Return to US Talks Amid Hormuz Strait Standoff

For six months, military force has failed to open the Strait of Hormuz or unseat Iran's leadership, and now Washington turns to economic pressure — a tool it has wielded before, with limited results. Iran's foreign minister signals that talks are not imminent, insisting a new framework must precede any negotiation after a June memorandum collapsed under renewed violence. At the center of this standoff lies one of the world's most consequential waterways, its fate tied not to ships or sanctions alone, but to whether either side can find a concession it is willing to make.